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An eight-armed chandelier in colored glass with brass and metal structure, designed by French glass designer Max Ingrand for the Milan-based manufacturer FontanaArte.
December 2020A marble and gilded-wood wall console designed for a Milan dining room by architect Osvaldo Borsani and artist Lucio Fontana. Produced by Arredamenti Borsani…
December 2020A large ten-handled glass vase in pulegoso, an innovative opaque material developed by designer Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini. Air bubbles, traditionally a flaw, became…
December 2020A walnut and glass occasional table from the late 1940s, designed by Gio Ponti with a trompe-l'oeil oil-painted panel by Edina Altara depicting a…
December 2020Completed in 1940 for patrons Harry and Maire Gullichsen, Villa Mairea in Noormarkku stands as architect Alvar Aalto's landmark exploration of experimental residential design.
December 2020An advertising poster created by Italian illustrator Gino Boccasile in 1930. Boccasile was among the foremost poster artists of the Fascist era, renowned for…
December 2020Presented in December 2020, the Miss Blanche chair by Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata combined acrylic resin and synthetic flowers in a labour-intensive process that…
December 2020A cabinet designed by architect Otto Schulz in 1945, featuring inlaid woods depicting a Swedish landscape. Produced by Boet.
December 2020A laminated plywood chair designed by Finnish modernist Tapio Wirkkala in 1958 and manufactured by Asko. The Nikke exemplifies Scandinavian design principles of the…
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