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Gabriella Crespi Signed Brass Chalices Cups 1970 Midcentury Italian

$4,200per set

£3,143.30per set

€3,673.98per set

CA$5,934.92per set

A$5,990.81per set

CHF 3,442.34per set

MX$72,615.89per set

NOK 39,843.34per set

SEK 40,697.73per set

DKK 27,464.02per set

About the Item

Gabriella Crespi signed brass chalices 1970 midcentury Italian Dimensions: 3.5 in diameter, 7 in height, base 3 in. About Gabriella Crespi (Designer) Bronze discs that open up like clamshells for storage and fold back in to become side tables. Sleek cubes barely suspended off the ground that transform into full-size dining tables. Clean-lined boxes that contain multilevel shelving. Looking at the work of Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, born in 1922 and still producing furniture in her Milan studio, it’s hard to believe that many of these highly functional pieces — modernist Rubik’s Cubes of materials, colors and ergonomics — were created decades ago. Among her best-known creations, the bronze Ellisse table, 1976, and her bronze-and-lacquer Yang-Yin bar, 1979, encapsulate a designer who had a strong dualism in her vision, mixing humble and precious materials, for instance, or creating geometric shapes that were softened by sensual surfaces. Crespi began studying architecture in 1944 at the Politecnico, in Milan, where she was among just a handful of women, and became profoundly influenced by the work of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. After getting married and having children, she launched her own collections, from jewelry to furniture, and soon gained a loyal following, with design houses such as Maison Dior snapping pieces up for their own lines. She began work on her most iconic collection, “Plurimi,” in the late 1960s, and the series — including her Dama table, which plays on the themes of volume, light and adaptability that Crespi has explored throughout her career — flourished through the 1970s and early 1980s. Then there is her famed Z desk, from a mid-1970s series, which manages to be both stylish and humorous, looking like it’s ready to leap off the floor at any moment. Well-born and beautiful, Crespi garnered attention among the jet set. She was a muse to Valentino, and her pieces appeared in the homes of Princess Grace of Monaco, the Shah of Iran and Greek shipping magnate George Livanos. In 1987, with her children now adults, the designer surprised everyone when she moved to the foot of the Indian Himalayas to study with the guru Sri Muniraj. This turned into a 20-year self-imposed exile that, if anything, made her pieces even more sought-after by collectors. Read more in Introspective magazine. Same era as: Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve, Pierre Pauline, Serge Mouille, Jacques Adnet, Jean Royere, Roger Tallon, Michel Buffet, Pierre Guariche, Le Corbusier, Gio Ponti, Franco Albini, Carlo Mollino, Guglielmo Ulrich, Jo Colombo, Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanuso, Osvaldo Borsani, Ico Parisi, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Eero Saarinen, Florence Knoll, Isamu Noguchi, Harry Bertoia, Paul Mccobb, Edward Wormley, Vladimir Kagan, Milo Baughman, Maison Bagues, Maison Jansen, Other lighting companies: Maison Lunel, Stilnovo, Fontana Arte, Kalmar, Louis Poulsen, Arredoluce, Vistosi, Barovier and Toso, Arteluce, Artemide, Robert Mathieu, Vistosi, Max Ingrand,

Dimensions:
Height: 7 in (17.78 cm)Diameter: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Materials and Techniques:
Brass
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Late 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1970s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor structural damages. Minor fading.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU189334715663

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