Nightstand by Claudio Salocchi Rosewood Veneer Vintage Italy 1960s - Years 60

Designer: Claudio Salocchi

Claudio Salocchi (1934 - 2012), designer and architect in the field of industrial design for the creation of specific products for the optimization of the home space. In the 1960s, Claudio Salocchi established a collaboration with Luigi Sormani, a designer who founded the design company of the same name in '61. In 1979 he obtained the "Compasso D'Oro" for Metrosistema, which deals with kitchen furnishings for homes for Alberti Arredamenti Cucine.

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

Main essence: Rosewood

Under the term Rosewood various exotic, hard and heavy woods have been united, characterized by a color that varies from pink to violet. Their origin is usually from Latin America, India and Africa and are still considered very valuable woods. Until the end of the eighteenth century, this name also referred to the bois de violette . In general, rosewood woods began to be imported into Europe starting in 1750 and were first used for veneers and inlays in England, flanked, by contrast, with lighter woods. Later, entire valuable furniture was manufactured both in England, mainly in the Regency style, and in France, starting from the Neoclassical period.

Material: Rosewood Veneer