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Franco Albini PL19 Pair of Three Piece Armchairs for Poggi Pavia Italy Circa 1959
By Franco Albini
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
The "Modello PL19" or "I tre Pezzi" armchairs, designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, manufactured by Poggi Pavia, Italy.
The chairs have a lacquered metal frame and are upholste...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Iron
Franco Albini Tl3 Table, Black Dyed Wood and Glass by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2013.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Franco Albini designed this table using the strut element that he had already employed in the design of the Veliero and Infinito bookshelves. In this instance, the legs serve as the vertical elements, solid, turned along their entire surface except for the square section onto which the horizontal table...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Franco Albini for Poggi Italian Midcdentury Dark Wood Sideboard, 1960s
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design little credenza sideboard "MB48" model designed by Franco Albini and produced by Poggi with stained walnut wood and brass details, made in Italy 1960...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Franco Albini Cavalletto Table, Black Stained Wood by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Franco Albini in 1950. Relaunched in 2008.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This table, with its minimal lines and an extremely light look, underscores the extens...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Franco Albini Midcentury Console Table in Bamboo and Rattan, Italy, 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful mid-century console table in curved bamboo, rattan and hand-woven wicker. This stunning organic piece was designed by the mastery of Franco Albini and produced in Italy dur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Franco Albini Veleiro Bookcase, Wood by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bookcase designed by Franco Albini in 1940. Relaunched in 2011-19.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Defying the laws of physics, going beyond what we normally understand by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
$59,265 / item
Franco Albini for Bonacina Stool in Bamboo and Rattan, Italy 1960s
By Franco Albini, Bonacina
Located in Naples, IT
Mid-century round Ottoman stool made of curved rattan and bamboo. This stool was designed by Franco Albini in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Early Franco Albini for Knoll Model
80
Desk
By Knoll, Franco Albini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Franco Albini for Knoll, model 80, glass, lacquered wood, lacquered steel, Italy, 1949
Franco Albini’s model 80 desk combines glass, steel and wood which resu...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Franco Albini Luisa Chair, Wood and Fabric by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2013.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The small armchair, dubbed Luisa, is the fruit of a fifteen-year process of exploratio...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
1950’s Bamboo Coat Stand by Franco Albini
By Franco Albini
Located in London, Lambeth
Born near Milan in 1905, Franco Albini was an Italian architect, urban planner, and furniture designer active between the 1930s and the 1960s. He studied architecture at Milan’s famo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Bamboo
Mid Century Modern Bamboo Stool by Franco Albini for Bonacina, Italy 60s
By Bonacina, Franco Albini
Located in Lucija, SI
Mid Century bamboo Stool was designed by Franco Albini for Bonacina Italy in '60s.
Stool is in top vintage condition. It is stable and ready to bring vintage, bohemian charm in your ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Franco Albini Curved Rattan and Bamboo Round Mirror, Italy 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century round organic mirro fully made in curved rattan and bamboo. This charming French Riviera style mirror was produced in Italy during the 1960s and is attributed to...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Bamboo, Mirror, Rattan
Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce
Ochetta
Wall Lights
By Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Arteluce
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce, Ochetta wall lights model '141', metal, frosted glass, Italy, 1962.
The Ochetta wall lights, designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Franco Albini for Poggi Model 840 Stadera Desk
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and important desk model Stadera designed by Franco Albini for the Poggi manufacture, in 1959. Model 840. Made of noble wood for its shelf, the desk is the perfect modernist ele...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$11,401 Sale Price
20% Off
Franco Albini Set of Two "Model PL19", Manufactured by Poggi
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Set of two "Model PL19" chairs, designed by Franco Albini, manufactured by Poggi Pavia, Italy. The chairs have a lacquered metal frame and are upholstered with red velvet.
Literat...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Franco Albini 1950 Woven Bamboo Oval Mirror
By Franco Albini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italy 1950s woven bamboo mirror Design Franco Albini
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Bamboo
$997 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Franco Albini Bookcase; a Masterpiece of Italian Craftsmanship and Design
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Introducing the remarkable Veliero Bookcase, designed by the renowned Franco Albini in 1940 and relaunched by Cassina in Italy between 2011 and 2019. This exceptional wooden bookcase challenges the laws of physics, showcasing Cassina's unparalleled design and construction capabilities while preserving the minimal, linear aesthetics of the original design. A testament to the designer's ability to create innovative and functional furniture pieces, the Veliero Bookcase appears to defy gravity, giving the impression that the books and objects placed on it are floating in mid-air.
The Veliero bookcase is a contemporary interpretation of the 1940 one-of-a-kind piece that Albini created for his own Milan home. With its striking, experimental design, this modern masterpiece has earned its status as a work of art, as magical and captivating today as it was when first introduced.
Elevate your home or art collection with the Franco Albini Veliero...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Franco Albini Radio in Cristallo for Cassina, Italy - new
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
please note: 842 subwoofer wireless for clearglass-radio is currently not available. Radio is available separately though. Prices vary dependent on the material/color/model of the product.
Radio in Cristallo station by Franco Albini in 1938. Relaunched in 2021. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Radio in Cristallo goes straight to the heart of the project that Franco Albini created as a prototype-model in 1938 for his home. He took apart and reassembled a radio in a wood cabinet received as a wedding gift, exposing the electric components by pressing them between two sheets of tempered glass. A tribute to lightness, a step that catapults the designer in the direction of bold modernity that, by demonstrating progress, narrates its value. In concert with Fondazione Franco Albini, Cassina has optimized the design the architect entered into a competition by the Swiss company Wohnbedarf in 1940, keeping the same size while adding new Bluetooth technology and an optional subwoofer that, connected to Wi-Fi, creates a more enveloping atmosphere. Radio in Cristallo will also be offered in a special limited edition of only five pieces. The Radio in Cristallo L.E., with a numbered metal plate on the side of the structure, will feature white knobs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Music Stands
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Floor Lamp Rattan, Bamboo and Fabric Franco Albini, Italy 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Oirlo, LI
Exceptional midcentury floor lamp in bamboo, rattan and fabric, attributed to Franco Albini
Crafted in Italy in the 1960s, showcasing a perfect balance between natural materials an...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo
$1,472 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Pouf Stool Franco Albini Italy, 1950s
By Franco Albini
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern Organic vintage rattan pouf or stool design attributed to Franco Albini. Italy 1950s.
A charming rattan stool or foot stool in beautiful shape.
Stable and sturdy...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Rattan
Franco Albini Tre Pezzi Armchair by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Franco Albini in 1959. Relaunched in 2009.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
In 1952, working with Franca Helg, his long-time assistant, Franco Albini designed Tre Pezzi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$11,009 / item
Franco Albini for Poggi circa 1950, Folding Chair
By Franco Albini
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Franco Albini for Poggi, Italy, circa 1950. A folding chair of wooden construction in completely original untouched vintage condition.
Mech...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Franco Albini pair of 1st edition "Fiorenza" armchairs by Arflex, Italy, 1952
By Franco Albini, Arflex
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare pair of 1st edition armchairs with walnut frame, brass details and upholstered parts, model Fiorenza, designed by Franco Albini, produced by Arflex, Italy, 1952
Design, form,...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Steel Centrepiece by Franco Albini for Sirrah, Italy, 1970s
By Franco Albini, Sirrah
Located in Milan, IT
Steel centrepiece by Franco Albini for Sirrah.
Removable top with double layer of holes for flowers.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Vases
Materials
Steel
20th Century Franco Albini for Poggi Wooden Cabinet mod. MB15
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Turin, Turin
Franco Albini (1905-1977) lived in Milan where he stuied Architecture at the Politecnico. He started his career at Gio Ponti's studio, with whom he collaborated before getting in tou...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Italian mid-century modern wood double bed by Franco Albini for Poggi, 1960s
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern wooden double bed by Franco Albini for Poggi, 1960s
Double bed with a wooden structure. The headboard has a rounded profile, while the footboard is rectang...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
Franco Albini Cicognino Side Table in Wood by Poggi Pavia, 1970s Italy
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Brescia, Brescia
This exquisite Cicognino side table, designed by Franco Albini and produced by Poggi Pavia in the 1970s, is a timeless piece of Italian design. Crafted from high-quality wood, this t...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak
$3,040 Sale Price
42% Off
Franco Albini Tre Pezzi Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Franco Albini in 1959. Relaunched in 2009.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
In 1952, working with Franca Helg, his long-time assistant, Franco Albini designed Tre Pezzi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$13,658 / item
Franco Albini Cicognino Wood Side Table by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Side table designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2008.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Dubbed Cicognino, or “little stork”, this iconic design, is clean-cut and refi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,876 / item
Franco Albini Cicognino Wood Side Table by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Side table designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2008.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Dubbed Cicognino, or “little stork”, this iconic design, is clean-cut and refined...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,876 / item
Franca Helg
Franco Albini Large Rattan Wall Coat Rack, Bonacina, Italy, 1960s
By Bonacina 1889, Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Vittorio Bonacina
Located in Vienna, AT
A large and decorative wall-mounted Riviera Style coat & hat rack with five hooks from the 1960s. Designed by Italian designers Franca Helg & Franco Albini for Vittorio Bonacina, Ita...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
Franco Albini Veleiro Bookcase, Wood by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bookcase designed by Franco Albini in 1940. Relaunched in 2011-19.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Defying the laws of physics, going beyond what we normally understand by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
$59,265 / item
Sideboard with Bar Element by Franco Albini, Italy, 1930s
By Franco Albini
Located in Greding, DE
Large four-door sideboard designed by Franco Albini in the 1930s. The Art Deco sideboard is veneered on all sides and fitted with chrome half-moon handles and set off by means of ver...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Maple
Franco Albini, Lounge Chair, Wood, Velvet, Italy, 1950s
By Franco Albini
Located in High Point, NC
A green velvet and wood lounge chair, Model Fiorenza, designed by Franco Albini and produced by Arflex, Italy, c. 1950s.
Misshapen side headrests.
Considerable wear and tear (frayi...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
An Italian 1970s circular bamboo mirror by Franco Albini for Bonacina
By Franco Albini, Bonacina
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1970s circular bamboo mirror with woven pencil reed bamboo by Franco Albini for Bonacina
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Bamboo
Franco Albini 840 Stadera Wood and Steel Table for Cassina, Italy, new
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the model/finish of the table.
Table designed by Franco Albini in 1954. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. This table/writing desk, designed by Franco Albin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Steel
Franco Albini TL3 Table, Wood and Glass by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2013.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Franco Albini designed this table using the strut element that he had already employed in the design of the Veliero and Infinito bookshelves. In this instance, the legs serve as the vertical elements, solid, turned along their entire surface except for the square section onto which the horizontal table...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
$4,869 / item
Franco Albini Midcentury Wall Shelf in Curved Rattan and Bamboo, Italy 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous Mid-Century wall shelf in curved rattan and bamboo. This stylish organic shelf was designed by Franco Albini in Italy during the 1960s.
In amazing conditions and with a cha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
1960s Gorgeous and elegant serving bar cart in bamboo
rattan by Franco Albini.
By Franco Albini
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous and elegant serving bar cart in bamboo & rattan by Franco Albini. The structure featuring two shelves, the lower one features six bottle holders. Made in Italy. The ca...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bamboo
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Franco Albini 1960 Rattan Cane
Bamboo Rocking Horse, Animal Sculpture Italy
By Franco Albini
Located in Miami, FL
Original Franco Albini Mid-Century Modern Rattan and Bamboo Rocking Horse, Animal Sculpture.
Rattan and bamboo rocking horse core with basket wea...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Rare Pair "Fiorenza" First Edition Armchairs by Franco Albini, Italy, c. 1953
By Arflex, Franco Albini
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Rare and Exquisite "Fiorenza" Armchair by Franco Albini, Italy, c. 1953.
This highly collectible model was manufactured by Arflex for one single year.
An early variant of the iconi...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Oak Side Table by Franco Albini
By Franco Albini
Located in East Hampton, NY
Franco Albini, side table Model TN6 "Cicognino", Italy, 1952
Measures"
Overall height: 31.5"
Height to the tabletop: 16".
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Wool
TN6 Coffee Tables by Franco Albini for Poggi 1953 set of two
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
TN6 Coffee Tables by Franco Albini for Poggi, 1953, Set of 2
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Franco Albini Cicognino Wood Side Table by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Side table designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2008.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Dubbed Cicognino, or “little stork”, this iconic design, is clean-cut and refined...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,876 / item
Franco Albini Fiorenza chairs Arflex Italy 1956
By Arflex, Franco Albini
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare early versions of Fiorenza lounge chairs designed by Franco Albini and manufactured by Arflex in Italy in 1956. These chairs are made of solid walnut and show a unique square ar...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
$55,227 / set
Cavalletto Dining or Working Table by Franco Albini for Poggi
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cavalletto or TL2 dining or working table designed in 1950 by italian architect Franco Albini, old Poggi edition. Wood construction with beveled edges tabletop and crossed legs with ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
Early Franco Albini Pair of Oak "Luisa"/ N°48 Dining Chair by Knoll, ca. 1949
By Franco Albini
Located in Geneva, CH
Early pair of black naugahyde and oak N°48 chair by Franco Albini produced by Knoll between 1948 and 1952.
Good condition, 2 little damages on corners of the seat cushion ( picture ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Naugahyde, Oak
$4,250 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Franco Albini PL19 Tre Pezzi Armchair for Poggi Pavia, Italy, 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Paris, FR
Armchair designed by Franco Albini (1905-1977) and Franca Helg Model n° PL19, 'Tre pezzi'
Lacquered metal, brass and recently eupholstered in white sheep wool skin.
Early original m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Rare Fiorenza Lounge/Armchair by Franco Albini for Arflex, Italy, c. 1953
By Franco Albini
Located in New York City, NY
The Fiorenza Armchair was originally designed for Franco Albini's own apartment and went through several iterations between 1952 and 1967.
An early example, this chair was produced ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Lounge Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
Franco Albini per Bonacina Specchio da Parete Ovale in Rattan, Italia 1960s
By Bonacina, Franco Albini
Located in Naples, IT
Italian rattan wall mirror (circa 1960s) by Franco Albini. The mirror has a complex weave of rattan in a series of horseshoe projections on the edge of the frame. There is a lovely a...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
Early Mid Century Modern Franco Albini for Knoll 1928 Desk
By Franco Albini, Knoll
Located in Dronten, NL
Very early Albini Desk, designed by Franco Albini in 1928.
Later versions of this design feature black plastic feet and black plastic glass top supports on the frame, like the versio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Franco Albini wall lamp for Sirrah. Made in Italy 1960
By Franco Albini
Located in Genève, GE
Franco Albini for the Sirrah AM/AS wall lamp.
Designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1960s.
Chrome-plated and enameled metal.
Takes 1 medium-base bulb. (See picture)
The lamp is ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Franco Albini Cavalletto Desk Table For Cassina
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Franco Albini Cavalletto Desk Table For Cassina
The geometric lines of the Cavalletto desk elicit a pleasant feeling of lightness through its ‘by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$8,741 / item
Vintage Italian "Margherita" Rattan Armchair by Franco Albini for Bonacina
By Franco Albini
Located in Oceanside, US
A sculptural icon of Italian modernism, the Margherita chair was designed by Franco Albini in 1950 and produced by Vittorio Bonacina. Handwoven from rattan over a finely crafted cane...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Rattan
$4,176 Sale Price
20% Off
Franco Albini Luisa Chair For Cassina
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Franco Albini Luisa Chair For Cassina
Luisa is a chair with armrests with a sleek minimalist design, the result of a journey of exploration that o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
$4,857 / item
Franco Albini Rosewood Mid-Century Modern “LB7” Modular Bookcase for Poggi, 1957
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Vicenza, IT
LB7 bookcase, designed by Franco Albini and manufactured by Poggi in 1957.
Modular bookstore composed by upholds, containers with flying and doors, shelve. The industrial standard for every product component allows permanent and different solutions, from the bearing structures to the elements. The structure does not need anchorages to the wall and can be placed in the middle of the space.
This set is composed of 3 modules, ten shelves, and three containers.
It is made of Rosewood, iron, and brass.
Excellent vintage condition.
Franco Albini was born in Robbiate in 1905, and after his childhood and part of his youth, he moved to Milan.
He graduated at Politecnico of Milan, Faculty of Architecture, in 1929, and He collaborated for three years in Giò Ponti and Emilio Lancia’s office. He probably had his international contacts here, at The International Exposition of 1929 in Barcelona and Paris, where he visited le Corbusier’s office, as Franca Helg used to tell.
Throughout these first three years, his works were undoubtedly related to XIXth Century. His meeting with Edoardo Persico marks an evident turnover towards rationalism and writers for “Casabella” magazine. Persico’s thoughtful and ironical comments on some of Albini’s drawings for office furniture caused him deep upsetting. “I spent days of real anxiety – tells Albini – I had to answer all questions. I had a long fever”.
The new phase that the meeting provoked begins with opening his own first office at Via Panizza with Renato Camus and Giancarlo Palanti. The group of Architects starts taking care of social housing, participating in the competition for the Baracca neighborhood in 1932, and then realizing the Ifacp neighborhood: Fabio Filzi (1936/38), Gabriele D’Annunzio, and Ettore Ponti (1939).
During those years, He also worked for his first private villa (Pestarini).
It is mainly in the context of exhibitions that the Italian architect experiments the compromise between rigor and poetic fantasy that Pagano was talking about; He conceived all the elements that would become recurrent in all types of his work – Architecture, Interiors, Design. The 1933 opening of the new Triennale of Milano, in Palazzo dell’Arte, becomes an occasion to express the highly innovative character of rationalist thinking. In this place, to experiment with new materials and solutions, but most of all a “method”.
Young rationalist architects cultivated the art of exhibiting as a communication lab, an open field to space solutions.
Albini, with Giancarlo Palanti, sets the steel structure house (with R. Camus, G. Mazzoleni, G. Minoletti and coordination by G. Pagano) designing also its furniture. For the next Triennale in 1936, marked by Persico’s early death, Franco Albini, together with a group of young architects around Pagano, takes care of the exhibition of Dwelling, where he presented 3 types of lodgings.
In the same year, Albini and Romano design the exhibition for Ancient Italian jewelry: vertical uprights, simple linear poles design space. This element is recurring in other works, like the Scipione exhibition (1941), Vanzetti stand (1942), and Olivetti shop in Paris (1956). The architectural space is readable through a grid, introducing a third dimension, the vertical one, with a sense of lightness and transparency.
Upright is also used in design objects, such as the Veliero bookcase...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Brass, Iron
Franco Albini ash dining table Model TL2 Cavalletto, Poggi, (Very First Edition)
By Franco Albini, Amando Poggi
Located in Argelato, BO
Franco Albini ash dining table Model TL2 'Cavalletto' for Poggi, Italy (Very First Edition), Italy 1950s
This table is the very first edition (the one in ash) of Franco Albini's fam...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
20th Century, Franco Albini Sofa mod. DV33 for Poggi
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Turin, Turin
Franco Albini (1905-1977) lived in Milan where he stuied Architecture at the Politecnico. He started his career at Gio Ponti's studio, with whom he collaborated before getting in tou...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$13,064 / item
Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce
Ochetta
Wall Light
By Franco Albini, Arteluce, Franca Helg
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce, Ochetta wall light, model '141', metal, frosted glass, Italy, 1962.
The Ochetta wall lights, designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
BADANO 1954 Oval Dining Table by Franco Albini
By Codiceicona, Franco Albini
Located in Milan, IT
The 1954 Badano table, from a project by Franco Albini for private clients. The modular leg design allows the creation of a series of tables of different sizes.
Category
2010s Italian Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
$16,140 / item