Renato Zevi Chairs
Best known for his inimitable Ellipse rocking chair, Italian furniture designer Renato Zevi worked with gilded aluminum and brass, lacquered wood and mirrored glass to create sleek, sensual and glamorous pieces befitting the Hollywood Regency style.
Zevi designed extensively throughout the 1970s, drawing inspiration from the likes of Milo Baughman, one of the most adept American mid-century modern designers. Baughman’s relaxed and airy approach to design is reflected in many of Zevi’s pieces, such as sideboards, coffee and cocktail tables and dining room tables, which, like Baughman’s designs, feature sturdy chrome frames and polished lacquered wood veneers.
Zevi’s most inventive designs included a lounge chair with an ottoman, a unique creation with oval, sculptural, polished chrome legs and a plush seat and backrest. Through his firm Zevi and C., he designed the Ellipse chair for the Selig furniture company. An American manufacturer and importer, Selig is known for being among the first to introduce European modern furniture to the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Versions of the popular Ellipse chair have been produced with tufted vinyl upholstery and soft, supple Italian leather.
Zevi also collaborated with Italian furniture designer Romeo Rega, creating elegant bookcases and vitrines with gilt brass frames and smoked glass or crystal glass shelves. Rega’s company was acclaimed during the 1970s for its mass-produced console tables, chairs and other pieces until it ceased production in the 1980s.
Zevi’s work continues to be popular with Hollywood Regency decorators, collectors and design enthusiasts.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Renato Zevi case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and more.
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Renato Zevi Chairs
Bouclé
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Chrome
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Renato Zevi Chairs
Metal, Chrome
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Renato Zevi Chairs
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Renato Zevi Chairs
Chrome
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Renato Zevi Chairs
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Renato Zevi Chairs
Aluminum
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Renato Zevi Chairs
Chrome, Steel
