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.
Angelo Mangiarotti Tremiti Ceramics set for Danese, Italy 1964 - 3 pc
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Angelo Mangiarotti Tremiti Ceramics set for Danese, Italy 1964 Decoration - Ceramic - Vintage Measures : 29cmx6,5cm - 20,5cmx6,5cm - 13,5cmx6,5 H:6cm Material : Ceramic
Ceramic
Christian Dior Home set of 6 Under Plate and 2 under dish
By Dior Home
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Christian Dior Home set of 6 Under Plate and 2 under dish Table Art - Decor - Home decor 1970s Measures : Under plates 35,5x35,5cm - Under dish : 35,5x17,5cm Material : Lucite - Cane...
Brass
Dedalo Umbrella Stand by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide, Italy, 1960s
By Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Artemide
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Dedalo Umbrella Stand by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide, Italy, 1960s Space Age Umbrella Holder Measures : Ø 33,5cm H:33cm Material : ABS Vintage DesignDedalo umbrella sta...
Acrylic
Vitra Cone Umbrella Stand Model 11a, Mid-Century Modern, Germany
By Vitra
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage Umbrella stand Measures : Ø 34cm H: 57cm Material : Metal Very simple umbrella stand in the shape of a bag from Vitra, a factory design from the 1960s. Lightweight spoke fra...
Metal
Sergio Mazza & Giuliana Gramigna centerpiece tray - 1970s
By Sergio Mazza, Giuliana Gramigna
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Sergio Mazza & Giuliana Gramigna centerpiece tray - 1970s Collection 'La linea dell'orso' for Krupp Milano Krupp Manufacture. Signed under the base Measures : Ø 35,5cm H:6,5cm Mater...
Stainless Steel
Modern Cone-Shaped Kitchen Block with Drawers in Solid Wood & Steel
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Cone-shaped kitchen block with drawers Kitchen block - Design Furniture Measures : Ø 50cm H: 85,5cm Weight : 100 kg Materials : Solid Wood - Steel
Steel
Ceramic Cone Set Design Ettore Sottsass by Franco Pozzi for Pierre Cardin, 1969
By Ettore Sottsass, Franco Pozzi, Pierre Cardin
Located in taranto, IT
very rare stackable ceramic "cone" set, production Franco Pozzi Pierre Cardin designed by Ettore Sottsass rare white / light green alternating...
Ceramic, Wood
White craquele ceramic vide poche, leDuc France 1970s
By Aterlier Leduc
Located in Firenze, IT
White craquele ceramic vide poche France 1970s 30 diam. x 16.5 cm h Conditions: as good as new.
Ceramic
Sergio Asti, white ceramic centerpiece / vide poche, Gabbianelli Italy, ca. 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Modern white ceramic centerpiece / vide poche designed by Sergio Asti Manufactured by Gabbianelli, Italy, ca. 1970 Double hexagonal base, with the two sections joined together, an...
Ceramic
Modernist Japanese White Pyramid Ikebana Vase, Japan, 20th Century
By Toyo
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Modernist Japanese White Pyramid Ikebana Vase, Japan, 20th Century.
Ceramic
Green Ceramic Stackable Cone Set by Pierre Cardin for Franco Pozzi, Italy 1970
By Ettore Sottsass, Pierre Cardin, Ambrogio Pozzi, Franco Pozzi, Joe Colombo
Located in Rome, IT
MoMA attribute the design of this fabulous stackable green ceramic Cono tableware set to Joe Colombo for the Espace Pierre Cardin store in Paris in 1970. Other sources debate this, saying that it was designed by Italian ceramicist Ambroglio Pozzi for his father's company, Ceramiche Franco Pozzi. This set comprises salt and pepper shakers, two bowls and a egg carrier...
Ceramic
Pyramidal Smoking Set with Four Ashtrays, Germany, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pyramidal smoking set is an original decorative object realized in Germany in the 1970s. A unique object composed by four ashtrays and a lighter. Table lighter vintage plastic ...
Metal
