Chest of Drawers by Carlo De Carli Mirror Glass Brass Vintage Italy 1960s - Production Sormani

Designer: Carlo de Carli

A pupil of Gio Ponti, he was not only one of the protagonists of the Milan Triennale Museum, but also one of the personalities who contributed most to the renewal of furniture production in Brianza, directing it towards design. Prominent figure of the Politecnico di Milano. From 1948 to 1968 he was both teacher and principal. In 1954 he won the Compasso d'Oro with his work "Sedia 683" while with the "Armchair Balestra", he won the Grand Prix of the XI Triennale. His career as a designer is marked by an intense collaboration with various companies. Some works, to be mentioned for their importance in Milanese architecture, are the two houses in via dei Giardini built with Antonio Carminati, the San Erasmo Theater and the church of Sant'Ildefonso. In 2011 De Carli is remembered at the Triennale Design Museum with the furniture exhibition that crowns him as one of the masters of Italian Style.
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DC 154: signed Carlo de Carli
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Production: Sormani

Founded in Arosio in 1961, the Sormani was among the first companies to produce furniture with working techniques cutting-edge and experiment with new materials, such as brazilian rosewood, lacquered, plastic and aluminium. In the course of the years he has collaborated with the most important Italian designers of the TWENTIETH century, such as Joe Colombo, Carlo De Carli, Jonathan De Pas, Donato D Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Gianni Songia, Gio Ponti, Studio A. R. D. I. T. I. and Claudio Salocchi among others. It has developed projects that have become true icons of design as the daybed GS 195, the chest of drawers DC 154, the Rotoliving Unit and the floor lamp Bridge Floor.

Time: 1960s

1960s

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