Sublime B&B Italia “Simplex ” 4-Seat Sofa in Black “Gamma” Leather

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Sublime B&B Italia “Simplex ” 4-Seat Sofa in Black “Gamma” Leather

About the Item

This is a superb “Simplex 8SMD242_1” Large 4-Seat Sofa from the “Maxalto” range of seating from the world renown Italian furniture house of B&B Italia. In a world of temporary pleasures, B&B Italia create beautiful furniture that remains a joy forever. Dressed in the most stunning and tactile “Gamma” Leather option in a gorgeous Jet Black. Whilst being as robust and hard-wearing as rhino skin, its softness and texture is simply divine to the touch. With bronzed-nickel painted framework and legs, and numerous scatter-cushions. This piece is in superb, immaculately-maintained condition, having seen light, irregular use in the past. Its handsome order reflects the TLC and considerate use afforded it at its previous home and is as comfortable and gorgeous as is possible to imagine such a piece. Please view the images provided to confirm its fantastic condition and appearance. Taking into account the fact it possesses the bare-minimum of light, superficial markings and scratches you would anticipate such a leather sofa would acquire during its short life (almost none in fact) and some light marking to the finish of the metal legs and framework, this is as fine-a-conditioned, original example as you could hope to acquire. In its current condition, it is likely to meet the requirements of the most particular and, for someone looking for a piece of high-design to position at the heart of family life, it is truly heaven sent! This superb piece possesses all the beauty and majesty of the finest contemporary furniture money can buy. Dimensions-wise, it measures 242cm across the back, is 96cm deep and stands 63cm high The breathtaking seating position this iconic modern-design creates is enhanced by the use of sumptuously comfortable, generously upholstered composite back and seat cushioning, which leaves you powerless to resist its charms. Not only does it possess an aesthetic to die for, but it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo comfortable too!

Creator:
B&B Italia (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 24.81 in (63 cm)Width: 95.28 in (242 cm)Depth: 37.8 in (96 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2015
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Barrowford, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1301231930232

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B&B Italia

In 1966, Piero Ambrogio Busnelli cofounded C&B Italia, a modern Italian furniture manufacturer, with Cesare Cassina in northern Milan. From the outset, Busnelli and Cassina set about recruiting the most talented modernists in Italy to conceive of creative furnishings manufactured in modern ways. In the early 1970s, the company split, with Cassina founding his own eponymous firm and Busnelli taking leadership of what became B&B Italia.

For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceous Up seating (made for C&B, reintroduced by B&B) or tables from industrial designer Paolo Piva, each more sophisticated than the next in their geometrically complex steel-tube bases. B&B Italia earned four prestigious Compasso d’Oro design awards: in 1979 for Mario Bellini’s Le Bambole, in 1984 for the Sisamo wardrobe system by Studio Kairos, in 1987 for Antonio Citterio’s modular Sity sofa and, in 1989, the first award given to a manufacturing company itself.

Other notable names who designed for B&B Italia over the course of its 54-year history include Patricia Urquiola, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and Vincent Van Duysen, to name a very few. And while these names bring star power to the B&B brand, in many cases, it was B&B Italia who helped usher in their celebrity, fostering a wave of design talent on the world stage.

The company’s forward-thinking vision manifested in its own headquarters, too: In 1972, B&B Italia tapped architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers to design a steel-framed, postmodern-style home for the brand, whose crisscrossing metal exoskeleton is reminiscent of the pair’s Centre Pompidou in Paris, which was built at roughly the same time. Now, B&B Italia manages a contract division and outdoor section as well as its residential arm, and it also controls production for Maxalto, a brand spun out with furniture designs by Antonio Citterio.

At 1stDibs, find a range of vintage B&B Italia furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.