Pair of "Mera" Side Tables by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia

$5,500per set

About

Beautiful set of side tables in black tubular steel and reverse painted black glass tops designed by Antonio Citterio and manufactured by B&B Italia. These tables can be used together or separate and they are perfect for small places or condominiums. Measures: 24" diameter x 18" high.

Details

Creator
B&B Italia (Manufacturer),Antonio Citterio (Designer)
Dimensions
Height: 18 in. (45.72 cm)Diameter: 24 in. (60.96 cm)
Sold As
Set of 2
Style
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques
Steel,Glass
Place of Origin
Italy
Period
21st Century
Date of Manufacture
2012
Condition
Wear consistent with age and use. The tables are in good condition, the glass shows surface scratches and the base also has a few nicks and light surface scratches.
Seller Location
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number
1stDibs: LU881721923762
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Ships From: Los Angeles, CA
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About B&B Italia (Manufacturer)

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 sizable inventory of B&B Italia's furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.