Sergio Mazza

SERGIO MAZZA (Milan, 1931) for Arflex.
Dining table, 1960's
Stained walnut and nickel-plated iron.
Measurements: 74 x 175 x 112 cm.

Mid-centuty style table in walnut wood, whose oval top harmonizes with the curved metal of the legs. It is an elegant design in which we identify the aesthetic and formal achievements of Sergio Mazza, author of iconic furniture. Its legs are adjustable and precisely combine functionalism and aesthetics.

The Italian architect Mazza founded the Artemide brand in Milan with the aeronautical engineer Ernesto Gismondi. Despite the artisanal beginnings, the beginnings proved fruitful: in a short time, Artemide established itself as one of the most qualified brands in its sector, beginning to collaborate with designers such as Magistretti, BBPR, Gio Ponti and Livio Castiglioni, thus laying the foundations for its future expansion. In the 1960s, Mazza designed for the brand its most famous lamps, those in nickel-plated brass, opaline glass and crystal: cult objects and heritage of prestigious international museums, from hanging lamps such as Delta and Tau to the Clio wall lamp. The peculiarity of Artemide products of that time is that, on the one hand, they guarantee the aesthetics and essential technologies of industrial design, but, at the same time, they manage to express the Italian tradition through the sophisticated choice and processing of materials. As for the "Toga" chair, it is one of the objects of furniture that have gone down in the history of Italian industrial design, becoming a popular icon having permanently entered the television scenes of the 1960s, such as that of "Space 1999".