Italian furniture brand Draga & Aurel was conceived by a dynamic duo: textile and fashion designer Draga Obradovic and graphic artist and wood sculptor Aurel K. Basedow. Their multidisciplinary backgrounds empowered them to create highly original contemporary furniture and lighting. Basedow’s explorations of resin casting — applying colorful epoxy resins and pigments to walls, furniture and design items — has produced extraordinary pieces when upholstered with Draga’s exquisite fabrics.
Obradovic was born in Serbia in 1964 and moved to Italy in 1984 to pursue a degree in painting from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts. She began her career in fashion as a model but quickly became fascinated with creating womenswear, where she discovered an interest in fabric patterns. Her love of textiles allowed her to create fashion concepts by achieving a union between fine art and couture.
Basedow was born in Germany in 1963. After three years as a woodworking apprentice, he decided to change his career trajectory. Moving to Italy in 1986, he enrolled as a student at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, where he met Obradovic. He obtained his degree in graphic arts in 1989 from the Milan Academy of Fine Arts, while pursuing a fervent interest in African drums.
After more than two decades of living together and developing a shared passion for contemporary art and design, they opened their Draga & Aurel atelier in Como, Italy, in 2007. The duo’s unique collaboration with Baxter — cleverly reinventing vintage furniture finds by deconstructing and rebuilding them with new components such as textiles and handles — brought them notoriety in the interior design world. Other successful collaborations with Visionnaire furniture and the wallpaper brand Wall&Deco garnered international recognition.
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Unique Reverso Room Divider in Variable Colors by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Reverso room divider by Draga & Aurel Price for each piece. Please contact us Unique piece Dimensions: W 29 H 271 Materials: Resin...
Brass
$4,312 / item
Unique Vertigo Room Divider Module by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vertigo Room Divider by Draga & Aurel The published price corresponds to ONE (01) bar. Please contact us for full module quotations. Unique piece. Dimensions: W 30 D 10 H 200,...
Brass
Reverso Separè Jade by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Sunset by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Light Blue by Draga & Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Steel by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Violet by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Blue Shades by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Mulberry by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
Reverso Separè Dusty Yellow by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
Brass
$3,200 / set
H 9.4 in W 12.2 in D 7 in
Figurative Bookends in Resin and Stone – Il Corpo II by Marcela Cure
Located in Barranquilla, Atlántico
Our Il Corpo sculpture is a set of two individual sculptures portraying the upper and lower body parts. It was designed to be used as a bookend but possibilities are endless with thi...
Stone
$10,310Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 66.93 in W 67.72 in D 4.73 in
21st Century Wordsworth Folding Screen Wood Made in Portugal by Wood Tailors
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Entering a gentlemen’s club leads into a world of privilege and status, enriched with pieces like Wordsworth Bookcase and the Folding Screen. Ins...
Travertine
$945Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.5 in W 34.06 in D 2.76 in
Elegant Empire Brass and Steel Fireplace Mantel Fender, Circa 1820
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/940 - This mantel fender is very useful and elegant: it's not too large, but perfect. It's from the Empire French period. I think it may be a good buy.
Brass, Steel
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 72 in W 64 in D 1 in
Italian Four Panel Flowers and Birds Room Divider/Screen
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Italian four panel screen/room divider. Folder size 72x 16x 5"
Hardwood, Paint
$25,572
H 72.05 in W 63.59 in D 5.32 in
Rare & Collectable Vintage Chinese Export Hardstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made and highly collectable Chinese Export circa 1940’s Hardstone room divider folding screen. A truly stunning and exquisit...
Stone
$900Sale Price / set|41% Off
H 6.5 in W 5 in D 2.5 in
Pair Antique Jade Red Agate Bookends Engraved Solid Brass
Located in Somis, CA
A rare, beautiful pair of antique Chinese bookends. Showcasing the beauty of translucent white jade with clarity almost to transparency, hand-carved dep...
Jade, Brass
$1,748Sale Price / item|24% Off
H 12.6 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Obelisk
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver obelisk. Made entirely by hand, the obelisk is completely smooth fixed on a square base of different sizes and sections.
Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Soapstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well-made and highly collectable Chinese Export Soapstone room divider folding screen depicting court beauties A truly stunning and...
Soapstone
$65,000
H 84.5 in W 108 in D 1.5 in
Early 19th Century Chinese Hardwood, Lacquer and Jade Six-Panel Screen
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine mid-Qing Dynasty Chinese hardwood and lacquer six-panel screen, Jailing Period, circa 1800. The hardwood frame inset with black lacquer panels. One side features an over...
Coral, Jade
$21,267
H 55.12 in W 63 in D 13.78 in
Secret Screen by Sabrina Landini, Satin Silk, Art Silver Glass & Brass, Italy
By Sabrina Landini
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
SECRETS blossomed inner secrets This Secrets screen is a contemporary work of art, entirely handmade in Tuscany, Italy, 100% of Italian origin. Three solid birch wood panels covered in satin silk, with its Lotus leaf and petals, bamboo leaves, dandelion flowers, embedded pyrite buds , butterfly knobs...
Brass
$3,000
H 73 in W 147 in D 1 in
Oriental Decorative 8 Panel Silk Embroidery Peacock Scene Room Divider Screen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oriental Chineese decorative 8 panel silk embroidery peacock scene room divider screen.
Fabric, Silk
Metal Room Divider by Salvatore Messina
By Salvatore Messina
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Salvatore Messina, room divider or wall unit, aluminum, Italy, 1960s Salvatore Messina (1916–1982) explored the themes of movement and spatial concepts through his innovative metal ...
Aluminum