Centerpiece in Gabriella Crespi's style

Centerpiece in the manner of GABRIELLA CRESPI (Saronno, Italy, 1922- Milan, Italy, 2017). Italy, second half of the 20th century.
Natural rattan and brass.
In good overall condition. As it is a vintage piece, it may present marks consistent with age and the passage of time.
Measurements: 15 x 42 x 42 cm.

The use of this type of natural materials, as well as the curved shapes of this centerpiece, follow the style of Gabriella Crespi. This type of models were very popular models in the seventies as they combine organic warmth and material sophistication, in a Mediterranean aesthetic with a sculptural vocation.

Gabriella Crespi studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, where her work was influenced by LE Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. From the 1950s she devoted herself to the creation of furniture and other objects that balanced design and sculptural abstraction. Crespi began her career as a designer in the 1950s with her first production of objects, the "Small Lune Collection", steel sculptures in the shape of a moon. In the early 1960s she collaborated with the Maison Dior. In 1968 the prototype of his first "Plurimo" was exhibited in Dallas, representing the Italian design of the time. In 1970 he began his collaboration in the famous "Plurimi" series with "metamorphic" furniture ("Magic Cube", "2000", "Dama", "Scultura"). Between 1970 and 1974 she created her most significant lost wax works, including the sculpture "My Soul" (1974), the collections "Animali" (bronze sculptures with a fairy-like air that reveal Gabriella's unceasing attention to the natural world. ), "Jewels" and "Gocce Oro": fluid sculptures conceived through the ancient and precious process of lost wax casting. Between 1972 and 1975 she designed the "Quick Change Sofa", the "Z" line ("Z Bar", "Z Desk") and the bamboo collection "Rising Sun", a material dear to Crespi's heart which, according to her, "Unites strength and flexibility". The famous "Fungo" lamps (1973) are part of this collection. In 2008, she created for Stella McCartney a limited re-edition of some of her jewelry collections from the 1970s. In 2011, the Royal Palace of Milan dedicated to her the great anthology "The Sign and the Spirit". In April 2012 Gabriella Crespi Srl was founded with the aim of promoting the new creations of the Artist-Designer. In the same year the Gabriella Crespi Archive was created within the Company, directed by the Artist's daughter, Elisabetta Crespi.