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.
$10,602
H 89.77 in W 60.63 in D 43.31 in
Italian 1970's Cocktail Dry Bar in Joe Colombo Style, Italy - circa 1975
By Joe Colombo
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Vintage 1970s Italian Mobile Dry Bar / Cocktail Bar – Mid-Century Modern Elegance The colour of the dark lacquered wood is an amazing very dark purple / aubergine (almost black). Th...
Chrome
$2,900
H 8.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Large Mid-20th Century Globe Champagne or Wine Cooler Italian, circa 1970
Located in London, GB
A Impressive Large Heavy Quality mid-20th century Globe Champagne or Wine Cooler, hailing from Italy and dating around 1970. This modernist piece exudes quality, with thick and surp...
Silver Plate
$4,700 / item
H 13.78 in W 34.26 in D 34.26 in
Space Age Illuminated Coffee Table with Murano Glass Sphere, Italy, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Space Age Design A striking Italian Space Age coffee table from the 1970s, combining smoked glass, transparent plexiglass and an illuminated Murano glass sphere. The low cir...
Murano Glass, Plexiglass
Mid-Century Space Age Model Luna Tripod Globe Table Lamp, 1960s
By Alfred Hablützel
Located in Hamburg, DE
Space Age table lamp with spherical reflector from the Swiss manufacturer Swisslamps based on a design by Alfred Hablützel and Bernhard Luginbühl from the 1960s. A minimalist design...
Metal
$1,429
H 15.75 in Dm 13.78 in
Modern Italian Lighting Sfera Model by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper, 1970
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Skipper
Located in Asti, Piemonte
Beautiful table lamp Sfera in Murano glass and chromed metal designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Skipper in circa 1970. Biography ANGELO MANGIAROTTI was born in Milan on ...
Metal
Mid-Century Dutch Space Age Ball Table Lamp from Gepo, 1960s
By Gepo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Space Age table lamp with glass ball reflector. The most striking thing about this lamp is the movable reflector made of tinted glass, which lies on a finely executed foot. The...
Metal
Vintage Italian Cocktail Bar by Osvaldo Borsani, Circa 1940-1960
By Osvaldo Borsani
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A large vintage Mid-Century modern Italian cocktail bar with a counter made of hand crafted polished Mahogany and Rosewood, designed most likely by Osvaldo Borsani, in good condition...
Marble, Metal, Brass
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Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant space age pendant lamp of italian origin. An impressive yet simple design. A large glass ball is held in an elegantly curved ring made of chrome-plated tubular steel. The gl...
Metal
Gervasino italian table/Bar, 1960s
By Gervasoni
Located in Brussels, BE
Gervasino italian table/Bar, 1960s
Metal
Italian Modern Chrome and Glass Orb Lantern by Oscar Torlasco
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari, Oscar Torlasco, Stilnovo
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Italian Modern Chrome and Glass Orb Lantern by Oscar Torlasco. This stunning Italian sphere shaped lantern, pendant or chandelier is comprised of chrome with square glass inserts. It...
Chrome
Alain Douillard, coffee table, circa 1970, France.
By Alain Douillard
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Alain Douillard, coffee table, gilded brass top with engraved decoration, iron base, circa 1970, France. Height 34 cm, width 125 cm, depth 57,5 cm.
Brass, Iron
Venini, white opaline luster, black glass, circa 1960, Italy.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Venini, white opaline luster, black glass, circa 1960, Italy. Height 87 cm, diameter 70 cm.
Glass, Opaline Glass
Marcel Ramond (1935) lamp, prototype, Phillips edition, Circa 1980, France.
By Marcel Ramond
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Marcel Ramond (1935) Metal lamp, prototype, Phillips edition, Circa 1980, France. Height: 60 cm, width: 58 cm depth: 10 cm.
Metal
Valenti, coffee table, golden brass, circa 1970, Spain.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Valenti, coffee table, golden brass, circa 1970, Spanish. Height 50 cm, width 45 cm, depth 35 cm.
Brass
Set of Four Coffee Tables in the Style of Paul Dupré-Lafon, circa 1980, France
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Set of four coffee tables in the style of Paul Dupré-Lafon, iron base and granite top, France, circa 1980. Provenance: Courtyard garden Terrasses of "Palais de la Méditerranée," Nice...
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Table Lamp, Vallauris, Ceramic, circa 1970, France
By Vallauris
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Table lamp, Vallauris, ceramic, circa 1970, France. Signed Measures: Height 62 cm, diameter 35 cm.
Ceramic
