Best known for his inimitable Ellipse rocking chair, Italian furniture designer Renato Zevi worked with gilded aluminum and brass, lacquered wood and mirrored glass to create sleek, sensual and glamorous pieces befitting the Hollywood Regency style.
Zevi designed extensively throughout the 1970s, drawing inspiration from the likes of Milo Baughman, one of the most adept American mid-century modern designers. Baughman’s relaxed and airy approach to design is reflected in many of Zevi’s pieces, such as sideboards, coffee and cocktail tables and dining room tables, which, like Baughman’s designs, feature sturdy chrome frames and polished lacquered wood veneers.
Zevi’s most inventive designs included a lounge chair with an ottoman, a unique creation with oval, sculptural, polished chrome legs and a plush seat and backrest. Through his firm Zevi and C., he designed the Ellipse chair for the Selig furniture company. An American manufacturer and importer, Selig is known for being among the first to introduce European modern furniture to the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Versions of the popular Ellipse chair have been produced with tufted vinyl upholstery and soft, supple Italian leather.
Zevi also collaborated with Italian furniture designer Romeo Rega, creating elegant bookcases and vitrines with gilt brass frames and smoked glass or crystal glass shelves. Rega’s company was acclaimed during the 1970s for its mass-produced console tables, chairs and other pieces until it ceased production in the 1980s.
Zevi’s work continues to be popular with Hollywood Regency decorators, collectors and design enthusiasts.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Renato Zevi case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and more.
Vintage Chrome and Brass Dining Table by Zevi, Italy, 1970s
By Renato Zevi, Zevi & C.
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Striking dining table produced by Zevi in Italy during the 1970s. The piece features a rectangular chromed metal and brass base supporting a thick bevelled glass top with angled corn...
Metal
Set of 6 dining chairs by Renato Zevi, Italy 1970s
By Zevi & C., Renato Zevi
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
A striking set of six dining chairs designed by Renato Zevi in Italy during the 1970s. These chairs perfectly capture the glamorous aesthetic of the period with their sleek geometric...
Metal
Christian Heckscher etched brass coffee table, Belgium 1970s
By Christian Heckscher
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
The table features a rectangular wooden top clad with an etched brass plate, resting on a black lacquered metal base with a central brass detail. The contrast between the warm brass ...
Metal, Brass
Set of six Break 401 armchairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina, 1976
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Set of six Break 401 armchairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina, 1976 Polyurethane foam upholstered sheetsteel frame with removable leather covers and feather filled cushion on ABS feet....
Steel
Set of six postmodernist stainless steel dining chairs from circa 1980-1990.
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
The chairs feature sculptural seats and backs, formed from a single folded sheet of stainless steel, left untreated to reveal the material's natural, industrial surface. The folded m...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Set of 4 Dutch Hague School oak dining chairs, Netherlands, c. 1925–1935
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
This set of four dining chairs originates from the Netherlands and dates to the interbellum period, circa 1925–1935. The chairs belong to the tradition of Dutch Hague School furnitur...
Faux Leather, Oak
Vintage brass dining set by Belgochrom, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage dining set by Belgochrom consisting of a dining table with a curved brass 4legged base and a clear glass beveled top combined with 4 chairs with brass frames and cream alcant...
Brass
James Mont Dining Set, 7 Pieces, Hollywood Regency, Gilded Wood, 1960s
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic 1960s Chinoiserie influenced dining set in silvered and gilded wood with polychromed details. Set includes four side chairs and two arm chairs with gilded fretwork backs an...
Glass, Wood
Italian Dining Suite by Paolo Barracchia for Roman Deco, 1978
By Paolo Barracchia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a beautiful Mid-Century Italian dining set designed by Paolo Barracchia for Roman Deco c1978. Set includes a smoked glass top dining table with eight dining chairs constr...
Brass
Glass and Brass Dining Set – 1970s
Located in Roma, RM
Glass and Brass Dining Set – 1970s Set comprising an extendable table with brass structure and smoked glass top, together with four chairs featuring a chromed metal structure and sea...
Brass
Salterini Style Art Deco / Modern Gold Painted Gilt Metal Glass Top Dinette Set
By John Salterini, Russell Woodard
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Art Deco, Hollywood Regency and Mid-Century Modern design elements have combined to create what is arguably the most sublime patio dinette set ever. Gilt gold and black glam of this ...
Metal
1970s Faux Elephant Skin Chairs and Brass Resin Tusk Dining Table, Set of 7
By Suzzane Dahl & Jerry Barich
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
We are very pleased to offer a stunning dining table attributed to Suzanne Dahl & Jerry Barich, circa the 1970s. Tusk-shaped legs, lucite, brass, and glass, all exquisitely combined ...
Brass
