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Material: Plastic
Francesco Binafre Shark Sofa in Metal and Dark Brown Fabric by Edra Italy
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Sofa model Shark with a structure in chromed metal, wood, chromed backrest, and ground support, padding in polyurethane foam covered with dark brown fabric. Designed by Francesco Bi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Plastic Living Room Sets

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Metal

Mario Bellini "Le Bambole" Sofa for B&B Italia, Faux-Fur, 1972
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "Le Bambole" three-seater sofa for B&B Italia, faux-fur, foam and metal, Italy, 1972. The search for a new shape for upholstered furniture: all parts are shaped like a...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Metal

Italian Amanta 24 Chairs by Mario Bellini for C&B, 1970s
Located in The Hague, NL
Four amanta model 24 chairs designed by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia. They were manufactured in the early 1970s, these differ from the standard Amanta c...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Fiberglass

Ekornes Amigo Matching Stressless Two Seater Sofa & Armchair In Cream Leather
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ Mid Century Ekornes Amigo Matching Stressless Two Seater Sofa and Armchair In Cream Leather Handsome and comfortable “Amigo” armchair and 2 seater sofa made in Norway b...
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1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Leather, Foam, Teak

Gianfranco Frattini Alpaca Sesann Lounge Chair for Cassina, 1972, Set of 2
Located in Vicenza, IT
The Sesann lounge chair was designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. This set is composed of two lounge chairs upholstered in tobacco and chocolate brown alpaca velvet. Sesann is characterized by an organic and informal shape and is defined by the tubular metal detail that wraps around the soft, upholstered seat. In the 1970s, the Cassina catalogue...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Soriana 3 seater sofa and chaise longue by Tobia & Afra Scarpa for Cassina NEW
Located in Stavenisse, NL
The Soriana Sofa was first designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1969. In 1970 the Soriana was awarded a Compasso d’Oro prize solidifying its standing as a style icon. Defined by its...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Sedie Selene bianche di Vico Magistretti per Artemide, anni '60, set di 4
Located in Foggia, FG
Questo set di quattro sedie Selene è di colore bianco. È un bellissimo set di quattro sedie impilabili. Il peso di ogni sedia è di 4,5 kg. Le quattro sedie impilate misurano 93 cm H...
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1960s Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Plastic

De Sede Exclusive DS66 Brown Leather Tan Three Seater Sofa & Matching Armchair
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ Vintage De Sede exclusive DS66 brown leather tan three seater and matching armchair mid century retro Not perfect condition hence the price but useable and a great mid...
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Leather, Foam

Eastern Bloc Vintage living room set by Jitona, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This set was a part of a living room set made by JITONA company in the 1970´s. It´s consist of two armchairs and one pouffe. You can also simply turn it into a bed. It represent a ty...
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Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Foam, Polystyrene

Ekornes Amigo Matching Stressless Two Seater Sofa & Armchair In Cream Leather
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ Mid Century Ekornes Amigo Matching Stressless Two Seater Sofa and Armchair In Cream Leather Handsome and comfortable “Amigo” armchair and 2...
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1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Leather, Foam, Teak

Rino Maturi Nuvolone Living Room Set in White Boucle by MIMO Padova 1970s Italy
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Living room set composed of a Nuvolone modular sofa (with six modules) and a large coffee table (with storage units) which can be arran...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Bouclé, Plastic, Foam

William Andrus Lounge Suite
Located in Napa, CA
William Andrus Lounge Suite, three piece set
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1970s Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Steel

French Cognac Leather Togo Livingroomset by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset.
Located in Eindhoven, Noord Brabant
The Togo was designed by Michel Ducaroy in 1973 for Ligne Roset. It is the first sofa/chair ever made only of foam and leather. The Togo collection features an ergonomic design with ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Leather, Foam

Marsala Sofa Lounge Set with Ottoman by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset, 1970's
Located in Zandhoven, BE
MARSALA SOFA LOUNGE + 2 LOUNGE CHAIR WITH OTTOMAN BY MICHEL DUCAROY FOR LIGNE ROSET, 1970'S Marsala lounge chair with ottoman Designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset France 1...
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1970s French Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Altuglas, Plexiglass, Leather

Living Room Mod. “She” by a. & C. Bartoli and Prod by Rossi di Albizzate, 2000s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This living room set was designed by Anna and Carlo Bartoli and produced by Rossi di Albizzate, Italy, 2000s. The set is upholstered in fabric and features rigid plastic feet. With ...
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Early 2000s Italian Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Plastic

Luigi Pellegrin for MIM Roma Modular Sofa in Red Velvet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Pellegrin for MIM Roma, modular sofa, velvet, metal, polyester, Italy, 1950s. This versatile lounge set by Luigi Pellegrin consists of one regular element and two corner eleme...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Italian Modernist Sofa Set, c1975
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful Italian modernist leather sofa set- 3 seater and 2 seater. Three seater measures 30" H, 74" W, and 37" D. Two seater measures 30" H, 53" W, and 37" D. On Displa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Leather, Foam

Mario Bellini "Le Bambole" Sofa for B&B Italia, Faux-Fur, 1971, Set of 2
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini “Le Bambole” two-seater sofa for B&B Italia, Mongolian faux-fur, Italy, 1971, set of two. This is a timeless Postmodern design icon. The starting point was a shopping ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Iron

1930's Pair Of Mucke Melder Original Armchairs, FN21, Fully Restored
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1930’s Pair Of Mucke Melder original armchairs – FN21 – fully restored. 1930’s Pair Of Mucke Melder original armchairs – FN21 – fully restored. Founded in the...
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1930s Czech Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Foam

20th Century Sebastian Matta Modular Living Room model Malitte in Foam '60s
Located in Turin, Turin
Matta was born in Santiago, Chile, on November 11, 1911, to a family of Spanish, Basque and French ancestry. After studying architecture, he moved to Paris in 1934, where he worked w...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Foam

Gianfranco Frattini Brown Alpaca Velvet Sesann Living Room Set for Cassina, 1972
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann dining room set, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It is composed of a three-seater sofa and three armchairs. It features brown alpaca...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Full set Togo sofa by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset 1973
Located in PARIS, FR
This sofa was designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset in the 70’s. He devoted 26 years of his life to the head of Ligne Roset’s design department. It was in 1973 that he designed ...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Velvet, Foam

Sofa Mp-61 in Rosewood by Brazilian Designer Percival Lafer, 1973
Located in New York, NY
In his designs, Percival Lafer sought ergonomy and comfort. The MP-61 sofa and armchair, from 1973, was the first two pieces designed by Percival Lafer that used a visible fiberglass...
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1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Rosewood, Leather, Fiberglass

Pop Art Dining Chairs and Table Rud Thygesen Johnny Sorensen Denmark c 1989
Located in Vienna, AT
Pop Art multicolored vintage three ( 3 ) dining chairs with one ( 1 ) table model Dark Horse designed by Rud Thygesen & Johnny Sorensen for Botium, Denmark, circa 1989. A stunning set with multicolored chairs...
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Late 20th Century Danish Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Sesann yellow bouclé sofa by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina 1970s, set of 2
Located in Stavenisse, NL
Cassina presented the Sesann system by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970. The project included an armchair, a two-seater, a three-seater sofa, and a coffee table. Its standout feature is a...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Metal

Customizable Space Age Living Room Set Atlantis in Boucle, 1970's
Located in Wroclaw, PL
Customizable Space Age Living Room Set Atlantis in Boucle 1970's, Czechoslovakia. You can choose fabric color. Order execution time up to 4 weeks to shipping. Dimensions: sofa: W 210...
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Mid-20th Century Space Age Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Polystyrene

Contemporary Wooden Chair 'Gropius CS2' by Noom, White
Located in Paris, FR
Chair Gropius CS2 Designer: Kateryna Sokolova Model in the main picture Savoy FR, Arco Rohi Aqua Dimensions: Height: 74 cm / 29,13 in Width: 57 cm / 22,44 in Depth: 57 cm / 22,44 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Organic Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Wool, Foam, Wood

Ligne Roset by Michel Ducaroy Camel Brown Leather Togo Sofas, Set of Five
Located in London, GB
The iconic Togo leather sofa and armchair set, originally designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset in 1973, has become a design mid century classi...
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Leather, Foam

William Andrus for Steelcase Living Room Set in Fiberglass and Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
William C. Andrus for Steelcase, pair of lounge chairs, coffee table, lacquered fiberglass, plexiglass, leather, United States, 1970s Lovely space age living room set designed by Wi...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Fiberglass, Plexiglass

Carlo Scarpa Iroko and Velvet Cornaro Sofa for Studio Simon, 1974, Set of 2
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of 2 Cornaro two-seater sofas, designed by Carlo Scarpa and manufactured by Studio Simon in 1974. Made of Iroko wood, foam, and azure chenille velvet. Excellent vintage conditi...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chenille, Velvet, Foam, Wood

Gianfranco Frattini Black Leather Sesann Living Room Set for Cassina, 1972
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann dining room set, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It is composed of a two-seater sofa and two armchairs. It features...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Mid-century Italian red and blue metal and plastic sofa and armchairs 1950
By RIMA
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mid-century Italian red and blue metal and plastic sofa and armchairs 1950
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Metal, Iron

Contemporary Counter Chair 'Gropius CS2' by Noom, Wooden Legs, White
Located in Paris, FR
Counter Chair Gropius CS2 Designer: Kateryna Sokolova Model in the main picture wool, Woolland-64. Dimensions: Height: 88 cm / 29,13 in Width: 57 cm / 22,44 in Depth: 57 cm / 22,44...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Organic Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Wool, Foam, Wood

Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset Dark Blue Togo Sofas, Set of 5
Located in London, GB
The iconic Togo blue sofa set, originally designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset in 1973, has become a design Mid Century Classic. The sofas have be...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Foam

Gianfranco Frattini Khaki Brown Velvet Sesann Armchair for Cassina, 1972
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann armchair, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It features khaki brown velvet upholstery and a chrome tubular cage as stru...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Saporiti Italia Modular Leather Sofa, 1970s
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Magnificent 8 pieces modular sofa, Saporiti Italia 1970s, completely renovated and reupholstered with the highest quality Italian leather.
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1970s Italian Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Leather, Plastic

Set 4 Cassina VillaBianca chairs by Vico Magistretti
Located in Montecchio Precalcino, VI
Rare set of 4 "VillaBianca" chairs design by italian master Vico Magistretti for luxury brand Cassina. This Amazing set Is perfect for 80s lovers, Memphis style, plastic space age ro...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Polyester, Hardwood

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Brown Velvet Soriana Living Room Set for Cassina, 1969
Located in Vicenza, IT
Soriana living room set, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina in 1969. The set is composed of a three-seater sofa, a lounge chair and a...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Chrome

Haven Olive Pouf by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Olive pouf by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D57 x H 40 cm Material: Textile upholstery, Foam, Wood. Weight: 9.5 kg Also available in different colours a...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Brown Leather Two-Seater Soriana Sofa for Cassina, 1969
Located in Vicenza, IT
Soriana two-seater sofa, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina in 1969. It features its original brown leather upholstery. Winner of t...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Modular Sofa by Peter Ghyczy for Herman Miller, Germany, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Peter Ghyczy's exceptional 2-seater sofa from the 1970s is an incredibly rare and truly unique piece. Also referred to as the "Fehlbaum sofa". Finding this particular sofa is a rar...
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1970s German Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Bouclé, Cotton, Fiberglass

Yeti Sofa by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Yeti sofa by Pepe Albargues Design by Vladimir Naumov Dimensions: Width 202 - depth 110 - height 82 - seat 44 cm. Materials: Pine wood structure, plywood...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Foam, Pine, Plywood

Seating group by Ico Parisi for MIM, Living Room Set, Orange, Italy 1960s
Located in Greding, DE
Mid-Century seating group consisting of four armchairs and a table: 33 x 41 x 41 cm. The armchairs are made of white plastic and are on castors. The cubic armchairs are equipped with...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Plastic

Rosewood Three-Seat Millor Sofa, Sergio Rodrigues Modern Design, Brazil, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Original condition.
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Ciottolo #1 Seat by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Ciottolo #1 Seat by Imperfettolab Dimensions: D 580 x W 90 x H 50 cm Materials: Fiberglass. Also available in different dimensions and colors. Please contact ...
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2010s Italian Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Fiberglass

Studio Simon Black Wood and Azure Velvet Two-Seater “Simone” Sofa, Italy, 1975
Located in Vicenza, IT
Two-seater “Simone” sofa, designed and manufactured by Studio Simon in 1975. The structure is made of black lacquered wood. An azure velvet big seat completes the sofa. The min...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Cotton, Velvet, Foam

Gianfranco Frattini Beige Wool Bouclé Sesann Two-Seater Sofa for Cassina, 1972
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann two-seater sofa, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It features wool bouclé upholstery and a chrome tubular cage as s...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Original set of three yellow seats and coffee table by Wolfgang Feierbach 1974.
By Wolfgang Feierbach
Located in Haderslev, DK
Introducing the exceptional Wolfgang Feierbach FG2008 set, featuring three yellow seats and a coffee table in their original brown corduroy fabric. As you may already know, the FG200...
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1970s German Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Plastic, Fiberglass

'Studio' Sofa by Norr11, Modular Sofa, Setup 6, Coconut (Outdoor)
Located in Paris, FR
Studio sofa by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl for Nor11 Setup 6 (4 x curve ): Measures: W. 250 cm / D. 250 cm / H. 70 cm / SH. 47 cm Modular sofa: assemble different modules...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Organic Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Foam

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Brown Bonanza Lounge Chair for C&B Italia, 1970, Set of 3
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set composed of three Bonanza lounge chairs, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa and produced by the Italian manufacturer C&B Italia (now B&B Italia...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Plastic, Leather, Foam

Mario Bellini "Le Bambole" Pouf for B&B Italia, Lapin Fur, 1971
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini “Le Bambole” pouf for B&B Italia, lapin fur, Italy, 1971. This timeless Postmodern design icon came into being between 1970 and 1972. The search for a new shape for ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

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Iron

Mr Olsen 3 Seater Oak Mosaic Royal Blue by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Mr Olsen 3 seater Oak Mosaic Royal Blue by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D201 x W79 x H 78/46 cm Material: Textile upholstery, Foam, Spring system, Solid oiled oak legs, Solid smoked oak...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Foam, Oak

Carlo Scarpa Iroko Wood and Green Velvet Cornaro Sofa for Studio Simon, 1974
Located in Vicenza, IT
Cornaro two-seater sofa, designed by Carlo Scarpa and manufactured by Studio Simon in 1974. Made of Iroko wood, foam, and azure chenille velvet. Excellent vintage condition. Born in Venice on June 2nd, 1906, Carlo Scarpa began working very early. Only a year after he had first qualified as an architect in 1926, he began working for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin & Co. in a consultative capacity; from 1927, he began to experiment with the Murano glass, and this research not only gave him excellent results here but would also inform his progress for many years to come. Between 1935 and 1937, as he entered his thirties, Carlo Scarpa accepted his first important commission, the renovation of Venice’s Cà Foscari. He adapted the spaces of this stately University building which stands on the banks of the Grand Canal, creating rooms for the Dean’s offices and a new hall for academic ceremonies; Mario Sironi and Mario De Luigi were charged with doing the restoration work on the frescos. After 1945, Carlo Scarpa was constantly busy with new commissions, including various furnishings and designs for the renovation of Venice’s Hotel Bauer and designing a tall building in Padua and a residential area in Feltre, all worth mentioning. One of his key works, despite its relatively modest diminished proportions, was the first of many works which were to follow in the nineteen fifties: the [bookshop known as the] Padiglione del Libro, which stands in Venice’s Giardini di Castello and shows clearly Scarpa’s passion for the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the years which were to follow, after he had met the American architect, Scarpa repeated similar experiments on other occasions, as can be seen, in particular, in the sketches he drew up in 1953 for villa Zoppas in Conegliano, which show some of his most promising work. However, this work unfortunately never came to fruition. Carlo Scarpa later created three museum layouts to prove pivotal in how twentieth-century museums were set up from then on. Between 1955 and 1957, he completed extension work on Treviso’s Gipsoteca Canoviana [the museum that houses Canova’s sculptures] in Possagno, taking a similar experimental approach to the one he used for the Venezuelan Pavilion at [Venice’s] Giardini di Castello which he was building at the same time (1954-56). In Possagno Carlo Scarpa was to create one of his most incredible ever works, which inevitably bears comparison with two other museum layouts that he was working on over the same period, those of the Galleria Nazionale di Sicilia, housed in the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo (1953-55) and at the Castelvecchio in Verona (1957- 1974), all of which were highly acclaimed, adding to his growing fame. Two other buildings, which are beautifully arranged in spatial terms, can be added to this long list of key works that were started and, in some cases, even completed during the nineteen fifties. After winning the Olivetti Award for architecture in 1956, Scarpa began work in Venice’s Piazza San Marco on an area destined to house products made by the Industrial manufacturers Ivrea. Over the same period (1959-1963), he also worked on renovating and restoring the gardens and ground floor of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, which many consider one of his greatest works. While he worked on-site at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Carlo Scarpa also began building a villa in Udine for the Veritti family. To shed some light on how much his work evolved over the years, it may be useful to compare this work with that of his very last building, villa Ottolenghi Bardolino, which was near completion at the time of his sudden death in 1978. Upon completion of villa Veritti over the next ten years, without ever letting up on his work on renovation and layouts, Scarpa accepted some highly challenging commissions which were to make the most of his formal skills, working on the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa as well as another theatre in Vicenza. Towards the end of this decade, in 1969, Rina Brion commissioned Carlo Scarpa to build the Brion Mausoleum in San Vito d’Altivole (Treviso), a piece he continued to work on right up until the moment of his death. Nevertheless, even though he was totally absorbed by work on this mausoleum, plenty of other episodes can offer some insight into the final years of his career. As work on the San Vito d’Altivole Mausoleum began to lessen in 1973, Carlo Scarpa started building the new headquarters for the Banca Popolare di Verona. He drew up plans that were surprisingly different from the work he carried out simultaneously on the villa Ottolenghi. However, the plans Carlo Scarpa drew up, at different times, for a monument in Brescia’s Piazza della Loggia commemorating victims of the terrorist attack on May 28th, 1974, make a sharp contrast to the work he carried out in Verona, almost as if there is a certain hesitation after so many mannered excesses. The same Pietas that informs his designs for the Piazza Della Loggia can also be seen in the presence of the water that flows through the Brion Mausoleum, almost as if to give a concrete manifestation of pity in this twentieth-century work of art. Carlo Scarpa has put together a highly sophisticated collection of structures occupying the mausoleum’s L-shaped space stretching across both sides of the old San Vito d’Altivole cemetery. A myriad of different forms and an equally large number of different pieces, all of which are separate and yet inextricably linked to form a chain that seems to offer no promise of continuity, arising out of these are those whose only justification for being there is to bear the warning “si vis vitam, para mortem,” [if you wish to experience life prepare for death] as if to tell a tale that suggests the circle of time, joining together the commemoration of the dead with a celebration of life. At the entrance of the Brion Mausoleum stand the “propylaea,” followed by a cloister that ends by a small chapel, with an arcosolium bearing the family sarcophagi, the central pavilion, held in place on broken cast iron supports, stands over a mirror-shaped stretch of water and occupies one end of the family’s burial space. The musical sound of the walkways, teamed with the luminosity of these harmoniously blended spaces, shows how, in keeping with his strong sense of vision, Carlo Scarpa could make the most of all his many skills to come up with this truly magnificent space. As well as an outstanding commitment to architectural work, with the many projects we have already seen punctuating his career, Carlo Scarpa also made many equally important forays into the world of applied arts. Between 1926 and 1931, he worked for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin, later taking what he had learned with him when he went to work for the glassmakers Venini from 1933 until the 1950s. The story of how he came to work on furniture design is different, however, and began with the furniture he designed to replace lost furnishings during his renovation of Cà Foscari. The later mass-produced furniture started differently, given that many pieces were originally one-off designs “made to measure.” Industrial manufacturing using these designs as prototypes came into being thanks to the continuity afforded him by Dino Gavina, who, as well as this, also invited Carlo Scarpa to become president of the company Gavina SpA, later to become SIMON, a company Gavina founded eight years on, in partnership with Maria Simoncini (whose own name accounts for the choice of company name). Carlo Scarpa and Gavina forged a strong bond in 1968 as they began to put various models of his into production for Simon, such as the “Doge” table, which also formed the basis for the “Sarpi” and “Florian” tables. In the early seventies, other tables that followed included “Valmarana,” “Quatour,” and “Orseolo.” While in 1974, they added a couch and armchair, “Cornaro,” to the collection and the “Toledo” bed...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Velvet, Foam, Chenille, Wood

Studio Simon Minimalist Black Leather Three-Seater “Simone” Sofa, Italy, 1975
Located in Vicenza, IT
Three-seater “Simone” sofa, designed and manufactured by Studio Simon in 1975. The structure is made of black lacquered wood. A black leather big seat completes the sofa. The m...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Leather, Beech, Foam

Contemporary Bar Chair 'Gropius CS1' by Noom, Fully upholstered, Calico 29
Located in Paris, FR
Counter chair Gropius CS1 Designer: Kateryna Sokolova Model in the main picture Wool, Calico 29. Dimensions: Height: 101 cm / 29,13 in Width: 57 cm / 22,44 in Depth: 57 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Organic Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Wool, Foam, Wood

Rosewood Two-Seat Millor Sofa, Sergio Rodrigues Modern Design, Brazil, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Original condition.
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Ploum 3 seater Sofa and Ottoman by E. & R. Bouroullec for Ligne Roset
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
A “Ploum” sofa and matching ottoman designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Ligne Roset. The sofa is covered with the stretchable Kvadrat Febrik Cross. T...
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Early 2000s French Mid-Century Modern Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Mp-97 Sofa Midcentury Brazilian Design by Percival Lafer, Cedar Wood, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Original condition.
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1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Living Room Sets

Materials

Metal

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