Willy Rizzo Red Glass Top Mid-Century Modern Steel Cocktail Table Dry Bar 1965

Unique François Monnet French cocktail table with 2 round hidden bars in each coffee table. Swivel smoked glass top. Pair available, priced by item.

Very elegant bar console table Willy Rizzo Style made in Italy, circa 1970s. Sturdy black powder coated steel frame with brushed steel bar frame & polished Chrome compartment. Blac...

Willy Rizzo 2-tier rectangular coffee table or side sofa, model Flaminia.

Original Massimo Papiri rotating wood and brass coffee table with dry bar manufactured by Mario Sabot in Italy, circa 1970. The interior is illuminated and exposed through a smoked Lucite shield. The round brass compartment for the ice bucket or Champaign cooler...

Stunning Italian Mid-Century Modern in chrome & steel coffee table with cloudy chocolate color glass top. Styles after Willy Rizzo and made in the late 1970s. Cloudy glass measures...

Stunning Italian Mid-Century Modern Chrome coffee table with cloudy chocolate color glass top. Styles after Willy Rizzo and made in the late 1970s. Cloudy glass measures: 43.5 x 20.2...

Stunning bar cabinet in very good condition. This bar was originally designed by Willy Rizzo in 1969 for his Apartment in Rome. It is finished with a black laminate and stainless steel details. The bar has three doors which can be opened with these lovely spring loaded discs that push in with the lightest of touch and allow you to pull the door open. Behind the right door you can find a small build in fridge. (If necessary we can make the fridge suitable for US use) If you open the hinged top you gain acces to the build in bottle holder and space for glasses. The inside is finished with polished steel which gives a mirror effect, there is place for six large bottles and two extra large bottles. Under the polished steel bottle holder are adjustable shelves which allow you to place the bottles in different heights. Signed ‘Willy Rizzo” The last photo is from the official Willy Rizzo site. Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo’s first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer. Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France at an early age. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo’s mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris’s Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and traveled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, which was later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo’s charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, which allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments. Hoping to advance his career even further, Rizzo traveled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in color, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects. In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue. Over the course of his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before she tragically committed suicide a few weeks later. In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions. Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo’s tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Among Rizzo’s most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...

Sober, elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern cocktail table or dry bar by Willy Rizzo for Cidue. The table captures the elegance of 1970 design with its low, sleek, seamless aesthetic. ...

Coffee table - by Willy Rizzo Red stained burl wood and aluminum Circa 1970 Measures: L 128 x P 80 x H 34cm.

An important rare vintage table by Willy Rizzo in I believe Birdseye maple burl. No Rizzo signature found, but as shown this dates to a very early period. Most likely a paper label...

Modular table by Willy Rizzo.

Mid-century Italian bar attributed to Willy Rizzo - 1970s.

Coffee table, designed by Willy Rizzo. Italy, Mario Sabot, Manzano (Udine) 1974. Model: Alveo, black Formica covered wooden table construction with inserted stainless steel tray/ ...

Postmodern coffee table, Willy Rizzo, 1970s, Italy, Cidue. Black Formica coffee table with center bar compartment, and modern chrome d...

Coffee / Sofa table “Alveo” by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, Italy, 1970s Black Formica laminate on wood. Chrome-plated corners and removable tray. Good, over-polished condition. One ...

Fifih Bench is a luxury bench upholstered in velvet and wood base. A contemporary design bench is perfect for minimalist and modern interior architecture projects. Materials: Uphols...

Brass and smoked glass wheeled dry bar attributed to Willy Rizzo for style, materials and shapes. The cabinet has doors and shelves to arrange the bottles and glasses, but it can b...

A Sober, Elegant French Mid-Century Modern Console in the style of Willy Rizzo that can function as a bar, sideboard, buffet, etagere, serving table, sofa table or small cupboard. Th...

Very elegant Italian 1970s drinks dry bar cabinet with beautiful wood and great designed wooden decor craftmanship. Its unique and typical design and s...

Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern end or side table ideal as drinks dry bar cabinet with beautiful veneer walnut briar burl wood and great designed wooden decor...

1970s Willy Rizzo steel rectangular coffee table with glass top.

Classic Willy Rizzo Flaminia model coffee table features a polished steel frame finished with brass edges and glass top.