To join the centenarian club is a remarkable feat in itself, but to live for over a century and leave a lasting impact on the world of Italian mid-century modern furniture design — just as pioneering industrial designer and architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni had — is extraordinary. His vintage table lamps, coffee tables, chairs and other furnishings are demonstrative of exemplary technique, theory and quality workmanship — all characteristics of the Milanese designer’s signature style.
Caccia Dominioni graduated from Milan’s oldest university, the Polytechnic University of Milan, in 1936. A leading center for design innovation during the first half of the 20th century, the institution’s alumni includes notable Italian architects and designers such as Gio Ponti, Vittoriano Vigano and brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. In 1937, the Castiglioni brothers and Caccia Dominioni opened a multi-award winning studio together and presented groundbreaking designs for radios in Bakelite shells at the 1940 Milan Triennial.
The Second World War forced Caccia Dominioni to pause his professional ambitions in order to serve in the Italian military, and the postwar years saw much of his most esteemed designs take shape. In 1947, alongside Ignazio Gardella and Corrado Corradi Dell’Acqua, Caccia Dominioni founded the furniture manufacturing company Azucena, where he designed iconic pieces such as the Catalina chair and a range of lighting that includes the Lp10 wall light, the Lsp3 wall light and the Lsp6 flush mount light.
Like a fine Italian wine, Caccia Dominioni got even better with time. He collaborated with the likes of Olivari and Lualdi well into his 80s, debuting legendary pieces such as the C.d.o. chair and the Super door. And while many of his celebrated architectural works materialized during the 1950s and 1960s — such as the Teatro Filodrammatici and the Galleria Strasburgo — one of Caccia Dominioni’s best known structures, the fountain in Milan’s Piazza San Babila, was built near the end of 20th century when the designer was 83 years old.
Caccia Dominioni was a winner of the Compasso d’Oro, one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in the design industry. When he died at 103 in 2016, he left behind an exceptional legacy of furniture design and architectural innovations.
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Pair of elegant coffee tables by Officina Antiquatia
Located in Milano, IT
Osvaldo Borsani Pair of elegant coffee tables with a beveled glass top and truncated conical legs with brass tips, designed by Osvaldo Borsani in 1954. Giuliana Gramigna, Osvaldo B...
Walnut
Vittorio Dassi, pair of organic shaped coffee tables
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2842 Vittorio Dassi (1893-1973) Pair of organic shaped coffee tables with marble top and base. Manufactured by Dassi Turin, ca.1930/40s. Vittorio Dassi, a key figure in the r...
Marble
Pair of wood and brass coffee tables with thick glass tops. Italian manufacture
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, IT
COD-S052 Pair of wood and brass coffee tables with thick glass tops. Italian manufacture, ca. 1955.
Glass
Tricofort France, two sets of coffee tables
By Triconfort
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2687 Two sets of coffee tables each composed of three modules in stained wood with arched legs and slatted tops. Manufactured by Triconfort, France, ca. 1955.
Wood
Pair of lacquered metal coffee tables
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of lacquered metal coffee tables with brass details, two tops: one in shaped metal and the other in cut glass. Manufacture around 1960s.
Metal
Melchiorre Bega, rare coffee table with turned wooden legs
By Melchiorre Bega
Located in Milano, IT
COD-1717 Melchiorre Bega Rare coffee table with turned wooden legs and brass cross, thick cut glass top. Bega&Co. manufacture, Bologna, around 1950. Melchiorre Bega (1898-1976) trained as an architect and later became a designer. He is well known for his very well detailed functionalist and modern design. Bega rejected the Art Deco style that prevailed at the time. Bega works only with highly professional specialized craftsmen, designs and builds hundreds of shops and showrooms for major brands of the time such as Motta, Alemagna, Martini, Galtrucco etc. In the early 1940s he directed the famous Domus magazine founded by his dear friend Gio Ponti for a few years. Later in his life he made major projects such as the Axel Springer...
Glass, Wood
20th Century, Franco Albini Pair of TN6 Cicognino Coffee Tables in Wood, 50s
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Torino, Piemonte
An iconic design with a refined and essential taste, which in its playful form evokes a reassuring feeling of familiarity. Franco Albini created the table by reducing its structure t...
Wood
Mario Bellini Set of Two La Rotonda Coffe Table For Cassina
By Mario Bellini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mario Bellini Set of Two La Rotonda Coffe Table For Cassina A table with timeless design by Mario Bellini, who morphs the natural warmth of the material into an elegant, ageless sha...
Wood
Giulio Lazzotti Megeia coffee table pair Italy 1979
By Giulio Lazzotti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Nice pair of coffee tables by Gulio Lazzotti and manufactured by Megeia, italy 1979. The base consists of four marble columns with beautiful cut lining. Three black and one white. Two black columns are shaped like half a cylinder. The other two are two cylinders with a diameter which perfectly fits in the half parts, a nice visual detail. The bases can be put in a playful position to your wishes. The large square tops are from thick glass. The tables are in excellent condition. Priced and sold in a set of 2. This Postmodern design resembles the relationship between ancient masonry skills and applying these traditions in modern forms. Like some other Italian designers, Lazzotti in particular has an innovative approach towards experimenting with form, especially in stone and marble, and applying these mainly into tables. Giulio Lazzotti is an Italian designer and architect who has always given an important place to objects’s sculptural dimension. A great lover of marble, his work is modern, reconciliating a sense of craftsmanship with industrial production. Often hired as a consultant for his experience, Giulio shares his attention to detail throughout the world and collaborates with major furniture brands. The name of the town where Giulio Lazzotti lives and works, Pietrasanta, can be alternately translated as Saint Peter or “holy stone,” the latter being wholly appropriate for a designer and architect whose work in marble, metal and wood takes on a serene, sculptural presence. Lazzotti was educated at the prestigious University of Florence, where he later returned to teach architecture. Since 1975, Lazzotti has maintained a diverse practice encompassing architecture, interior design and furniture design, winning such awards as first prize for Design at the Moving Fair of Paris, the Torre Guinigi prize in Lucca for Urban Design for the historical center of Pietrasanta, a top ten in the International Chair...
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
Set of Two "Fasce Cromate" Coffee Tables by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in Milan, IT
Beautiful "Fasce Cromate" T10 (Chromed Stripes) set by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena. Squared clear glass top set in an edge of continuous bands in polished chrome-plated brass....
Brass, Chrome
Italian modern Coffee tables Montecarlo by Adalberto Del Lago for Azucena, 1960s
By Adalberto Dal Lago, Azucena
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Coffee tables Montecarlo by Adalberto Del Lago for Azucena, 1960s Pair of coffee tables mod. Montecarlo with double rectangular shelf in thick glass. The structure is ...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca, Nutwood, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca, Cassina
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice organic shaped coffee table . Solid Nutwood . Glass top . good condition .
Nutwood
