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Request a valuationCarlo de Carli was an Italian modernist architect and industrial designer who came to prominence during the post-war period. De Carli studied architecture at Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1934. He went onto hone his skills at the studio of the renowned architect Gio Ponti, before eventually starting his own practice in Milan with Renato Angeli.
De Carli completed a number of significant projects as an architect, such as the Church of Sant’Ildefonso in Milan, the Opera Don Calabria at Cimiano, and the buildings of the Via dei Giardini 7 complex in Milan, which included the Sant’Erasmo Theatre.Â
De Carli considered nature to be the greatest designer of all, a concept which served as the core ideology of his ‘new architecture’. Many of his radical furniture designs from the 1950s adopted biomorphic forms, focusing on the relationship between space, material and the human body and gesture.Â
From the fifties to the early seventies De Carli created pioneering furniture designs for some of the leading industrial design companies and retailers of the period. This included Cassina, for whom he produced his Model ‘802’chairs, which were subsequently chosen by Gio Ponti to furnish the interiors of the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Sorrento. Ponti introduced De Carli to American company Singer & Sons, who distributed his Model ‘114’ lounge chairs in North America. De Carli also created designs for Osvaldo Borsani’s company Tecno, as well as the Danish company Gubi.
De Carli was highly celebrated during his lifetime, winning the Compasso d’Oro in 1954 for his Model 683 chair for Cassina and the Triennale Grand Prix in 1957 for his Balestra armchair for Tecno. Between 1965 and 1968, he served as Dean of the Faculty for Architecture at Politecnico di Milan, where he continued to teach until 1986. De Carli was a keen essayist, writing extensively on the relationship between human form and design, with a collection of his most important essays are collated in his book Primary Space Architecture, published in 1982.
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Bob Carlos-Clarke, British 1950-2006- "The Captain's Doll"; silv...
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Carlo Labruzzi, Italian 1748-1817- An Italian landscape with ruins and f...
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Carlo Weingrill. An Italian ruby and diamond set bracelet, San Marco link ...
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Carlo Mattioli,Italian 1911-1994 -Landscape, 1992;Â watercolour on paper, s...
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Carlo Scarpa (Italian 1906-1978), A Tessuto glass vase for Venini, ...
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Jao Carlos Galvao, Brazilian b. 1941 - Sen Titre, 2001; wood and paint, ...
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Carlo Spiridione Mariotti, Italian 1726-1790- A Barber's Shop; pencil,...
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Publ. Bestetti, Carlo, Edizioni d'Arte, Villa Della Croce 77, Ro...
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Carlo Pellegrini (Ape), Italian 1839-1889- Sir Francis Grant, April ...
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Carlo Scarpa (Italian 1906-1978), a glass 'Conchiglia' bowl ...
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An English Carved and Gilded Carlo Maratta Frame, Â late 18t...
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An English Gilt Composition Carlo Maratta Style Frame, mid 19th cent...
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Carlo Morretti (1934-2008)Decanter, carafe and six drinking glasses, circa ...
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Carlo Francolini, Italian 1840-1930- A monk inspecting wine bottles; o...
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A Near Matched Pair of English Carved and Gilded Carlo Maratta Frame...
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A menu for the Annual dinner to Ladies, Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo...
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Giancarlo Piretti (b.1940) for Anonima Castelli, Â 'Plan...
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Botta, Carlo, Storia della Guerra Dell'Independenza degli Stati ...
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An English Gilded Composition Carlo Maratta Style Frame, early 19th ...
Price Realised: £98
A bronze figure of Ganesha's vahana the mouse, India, 17th-18th ...
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An English Carved and Gilded Carlo Maratta Frame, early 19th cen...
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Ferrari(F.& N.)Carlo Mollino Photographs 1956-1962,Turin, 2006Lewis...
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