Best known for creating groundbreaking fashion designs from the 1950s onward, Pierre Cardin enjoyed great success in other design fields, most notably furniture. Cardin’s chairs, cabinets, tables and other pieces share many of the keynotes of his clothing designs. They are simple, geometric, elegant and cool.
Cardin was born in a village near Venice, Italy, and raised in central France. Always interested in fashion, he left home at age 17 to train with a Vichy tailor. After the end of World War II, Cardin moved to Paris and worked for a succession of couture houses, before taking a job with Christian Dior in 1946. Cardin went solo in 1950, and quickly won attention for his novel style.
Unlike Dior’s famous New Look, Cardin’s clothes de-emphasized a woman’s curves; his breakthrough pieces like the Bubble dress had, instead, a sculptural quality. In the following decade, Cardin introduced bright tunic dresses and shifts, marketed as the Space Age look and accessorized with vinyl hats and visors.
In the 1970s Cardin expanded his design work into furniture, jewelry and automobiles. (Later, licensing agreements would put Cardin’s name on goods ranging from perfume to sunglasses.) Cardin’s furniture pieces — inspired, perhaps, by the rediscovery of Art Deco design in that decade — feature simple, symmetrical forms, lacquer and figured veneer finishes, and accents in metals such as aluminum and brass.
Whether you are looking for a vintage cocktail dress or a chest of drawers to keep it in, as you will see on 1stDibs, Pierre Cardin offers an option in either that is timelessly chic.
Pierre Cardin 1970s Black-Lacquered Metal, Brass & Glass Square Dining Table
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Milano, IT
Pierre Cardin (Italy, 1922 – France, 2020) Striking square dining table, circa 1970, exemplifying Pierre Cardin’s bold, avant-garde design ethos. The table features a black-lacquered...
Brass
Coffee Table with Fossil Wood Inlay, Resin Top, Patinated Steel Base France 1970
By Ado Chale
Located in Milano, IT
Ado Chale (France, circa 1970) Coffee Table with Fossil Wood Resin top, fossil wood inlay, patinated steel base, and ruby details 99.5 × 35.5 cm (H) A remarkable coffee table by Ado ...
Steel
1970/'s Dal Vera Faux Bamboo Side Tables Black Glass Brass Italian Bedside
By Dal Vera
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of faux bamboo side tables, circa 1970s Ebonised faux bamboo wood, glass tiers and brass lacquered stretchers. Manufactured by Dal Vera, Italy.
Brass
Artedi Travertine and Glass & Brass Coffee Table 1970s Italian Brutalist
By Artedi
Located in Milano, IT
Important coffee table designed by Artedi, Italy, circa 1970s. This striking piece exemplifies the refined aesthetic of Italian modernism, combining natural and industrial materials ...
Travertine, Brass
1960' s Jorge Zalszupin Andorinha Wood & Leather Coffee Table Brazil
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Milano, IT
ANDORINHA Coffee Table by JORGE ZALSZUPIN (Brazil, 1960s). Shaped multi-layer wood coffee table, veneered in wood, featuring a natural leather and chrome metal magazine rack. Dimensi...
Leather, Wood
Pair of Italian side tables, circa 1970, steel Brass Marble-like Plastic
Located in Milano, IT
This pair of Italian side tables, crafted circa the 1970s, is designed in the manner of Willy Rizzo, echoing his signature blend of glamour, clean geometry, and refined materiality. ...
Brass, Steel
Square Coffee Table Attr. to Pierre Cardin in Black Lacquer, Brass, Glass, 70s
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Meda, MB
Elegant square coffee table attributed to Pierre Cardin, produced in France during the 1970s. The table perfectly embodies the futuristic and geometric aesthetic associated with the ...
Brass
Guy Lefevre Gold Leaf Black Lacquer French Low Coffee Table
By Guy Lefevre, Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Guy Lefevre Gold Leaf Black Lacquer French Low Coffee Table. Attributed to Guy Lefevre for luxurious design house Maison Jansen. Table is in excellent condition with no issues. Mi...
Resin, Wood
French Black Opaline Glass Coffee Table with Optional Open Center Brass Trim
Located in New York, NY
A chic and sophisticated French low coffee table crafted from beautiful opaline glass, lending an ethereal, translucent quality to the piece. The delicate opaline panels are elegantl...
Glass
Black Lacquer Coffee Table with Light-Wood Inlay, Italy, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural low coffee table featuring a crisp, geometric silhouette and a high-gloss black lacquered surface, animated by diagonal light-wood inlay bands (not brass). The inlay conti...
Wood
Pierre Cardin Black Lacquer & Brass Pedestal Dining Room/ Conference Table, 1989
By Pierre Cardin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pierre Cardin black lacquer & brass pedestal dining room/ conference table, 1989 Black Lacquer & Brass Column Pedestal table base with Beveled 72" x 42" Beveled glass top, Signed in...
Brass
Maison Jansen Mid-Century Black Lacquer Coffee Table with Eglomise Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century black lacquer low rectangular coffee table with 2 sliding eglomise mirrored chinoiserie decorated top top panels that slide open to cover a hidden storage section ...
Lacquer
