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A room doesn’t need much. All it needs is light, space, and a few extraordinary things in an extraordinary combination. Dessein not only features a collection of high quality pieces from the 20th and 21st century, but we’re also overflowing with ideas on how to arrange and combine them for you.
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We love to discover the exceptional – and that’s not just limited to creations from the past. Dessein is always interested in new talent, looking to collaborate on and create the next big idea.
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White Murano glass pendant lamp by Barovier & Toso, part of the Primavera Collection, Italy, 70s.
The edge of the lamp is black and the hanging cable is removable.
3 pieces are available, price per lamp.
Elegant black piano lacquer dresser. The chest is composed of seven drawers made of cherry wood. The first drawer is splitted in 8 compartments. The handles are in robust black leather.
Ultrafragola floor mirror and lamp, with its sinuous profile celebrates femininity—the curves of a woman’s body; the waves of her hair; some other choice elements of her anatomy. This model is designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 70s. for Poltronova.
The brightness and the colour might be perceived slightly different, depending on the light, the type of picture, or the background and the surrounding environment. The light yellow colour is due to the use of time. The mirror is delivered with it’s original invoice.
Birds Birds Birds is the original Chandelier in the Birds family designed by Ingo Maurer with the iconic winged light bulbs. In total 24 low-voltage bulbs and decorated with goose-feather wings.
The arms are individually adjustable. This lamp is not suited for rooms with high humidity.
Two sidetables in wood, decorated with marquetery. One with a star and the second one with the sun.
Price per table.
Blue electric Sheraton sideboard designed by Lodovico Acerbis and Giotto Stoppino in 1977 for Acerbis, Italy. The Sheraton sideboard combines a sleekly groundbreaking shape with innovative functionality.
Black lacquered wood. Two doors with an exclusive opening system, sliding and pivoting. Interior with four drawers and three open spaces.
Alexander Curtius, sculptor and furniture designer, makes the unique pieces by hand.
His leaving sculptures are carved out of solid trunks or assembled by eye. From the power saw to the sandpaper, all the classic tools of sculpture and carpentry are used.
Alexander distinguishes himself through his special trademark: The simple and flowing design, which is completely absorbed in its function.
Chair in massive oak wood.
The chair of Chiavari is an extraordinary invention by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi’s great creative genius. He was a cabinet maker from Chiavari, and in 1807, encouraged by the Economical Society of Chiavari, Mr. Descalzi (whose nickname was “il Campanino” which means “the guy of the bell”, he descended from a family of bell ringers) gave birth to his famous creation that placed him into the history of minor arts.
Is was immediately evident that the chair was unique: both the modern design, minimal and clear, free from the decorative excesses of that period and most of all, the innovative structure amazed - and still amazes – because they mix extreme lightness and inimitable robustness. It is said that to test the structural excellence of the chair, “il Campanino” thrown it out of the window: being its weight a little more than one kilogram, it bounced off the ground but did not break, showing then its extraordinary characteristics.
It was thanks to its uniqueness that the chair of Chiavari quickly found a very wide diffusion into the most important courts in Europe and was appreciated from well-known men in the history such as Napoleon III, Francis I of Bourbon, and more recently we saw it at the White House during the famous meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev.
The same symbolic chair of the Chiavari tradition, only with a higher backrest.
Sold as set of 6 pieces, price per piece.
Beautiful ice bucket by Aldo Tura in green parchment.
Tura established his furniture production house in Lombardy in 1939 and created singular, high-end furniture and accessories that were typified by rich materials, sculptural forms, and high-end, artisanal techniques. Tura’s work has become highly collectible, especially examples with exotic finishe, like eggshell, goatskin, and parchment in intense palettes of red, green, and yellow.
The sculptural iconic floor lamp composed of three arm brass leaf-shaped reflector, on a circular base, is designed by Tommaso Barbi. It was produced in Italy around the 1970s.
High-end wooden newspaper rack. Wenge wood handle, tray in teak and the legs have a wooden finish. Danish design.
Light, elegant and refined, together with the “Campanino” model and the “Parigina” model completes the classic collection of the Chiavari tradition.
The chair of Chiavari is an extraordinary invention by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi’s great creative.
Price for the pair.
Exceptional signed ceramic in ellipse shape, 1940s. The ceramic is glazed in black with yellow, mustard and white decoration.
Adjustable servir boy by Aldo Tura in lacqered brown goatskin.
Tura established his furniture production house in Lombardy in 1939 and created singular, high-end furniture and accessories that were typified by rich materials, sculptural forms, and high-end, artisanal techniques. Tura’s work has become highly collectible, especially examples with exotic finishe, like eggshell, goatskin, and parchment in intense palettes of red, green, and yellow.
Wooden chair lacquered in green forest.
Price per chair (sold in set of 4).