1970s Gastone Rinaldi for Cidue, Dining Room Table

This exquisite carved table features a sculptural floral design that showcases an extraordinary level of craftsmanship. The table’s base is nothing short of magical, with its intrica...

Italian 1970s table light. Its cream-coated metal base is adorned with chrome circles. Thanks to its distinctive shape, the play of light unfolds in a truly unique manner. Please be ...

Very beautiful chrome table, with its smoked glass top, produced in the 1970s, for Rima. Designated by Gastone Rinaldi. Good general state of conservation for its base. Some traces of chrome oxidation, see photos, The tray does not include scratches. When he takes over the management of RIMA, Gastone Rinaldi designs new chairs that will become references in the world of design. A chair with a rocking back like the DU9 or even a sculptural chair like the DU43 Lounge Chair (1953), the designer's works seem to suit customers of the time perfectly. When in 1956 RIMA started producing sofas with folding mechanisms and metal structures, the best known would be the Saturno Sofa...

Gastone Rinaldi, attributed to. Table. Top in glass smoked. Circular and openwork metal base. Italian work realized in the 1970s. Gastone Rinaldi (1920-2016) is an Italian designer. In 1916, his father, Mario Rinaldi, founded RIMA, a company that produced metal furniture. In 1948, Gastone Rinaldi and his brother replaced their father within the company. He met Gio Ponti in 1950 and, with his help, designed the chairs (DU10 and DU11) for the hospital section of the IXth Triennale in Milan. On this occasion he also presents the chair with the DU9 rocking back. During this period, the Domus magazine regularly publishes its achievements. He participated in the XXX Fiera Campionaria, in 1952, in the section “Art and Industrial Aesthetics” whose curators were among others Alberto Rosselli, Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanuso. In 1954, he received the Compasso d’Oro for the DU30 chair. He participated with Ponti, Parisi, De Carli and Gardella, in the American adventure of Altamira, one of the first foreign companies to call on Italian designers. He designs, with Carlo Mollino, the chairs for the Molinette hospital in Turin. In 1957, the DU41...