20th Century Mackintosh Pair of Vases "Black & White" by Sabattini
About the Item
- Creator:Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Author),Lino Sabattini (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 1.97 in (5 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Metal,Silvered
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1980-1989
- Date of Manufacture:1984
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Turin, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5450229104862
Lino Sabattini
Lino Sabattini was the preeminent figure in modern Italian silver and metalware design. His expansive and diverse body of work is marked by its strength and boldness, whether in dynamic forms that suggest the thrust and power of Italian Futurist art and design or light and curvaceous biomorphic serveware and decorative objects.
Sabattini was largely self-taught as a designer. Born in the northern Italian town of Correggio, he learned metalsmithing techniques while working in the studio of a maker of brass tableware. He also served as an apprentice of sorts to the expatriate German ceramist Roland Hettner, who taught Sabattini about fluidity of form and showed him how shapes derive from the behavior of materials.
At age 30, Sabattini opened a studio in Milan, and his work quickly came to the attention of Gio Ponti, who decided to publish it in Domus, the Italian design legend's influential design and architecture magazine. Ponti also arranged for Sabattini’s creations to be included in a 1956 exhibition of contemporary Italian design in Paris. The principals of Christofle, the revered French silverware maker, were so impressed that they hired the young designer as the firm’s artistic director, a post he held until 1963. Sabattini, who would also go on to design ceramic wares for Rosenthal, returned home to open Argenteria Sabattini in Bregnano, a company still in business today.
A designer with a questing curiosity and ever-evolving aesthetic sensibility, Sabattini couldn’t be pinned down to one particular style. His best-known work, the Como coffee and tea service of 1956, has an elegant, attenuated and energetic form; his Stairs coffee and tea service (1971), meanwhile, is a clever group of simple columnar shapes in stepped heights, which nest together in a compact arrangement. Other Sabattini pieces have dramatic angles, or sweeping, wing-like flourishes, or consist of perforated ovoids somehow reminiscent of sculptures by Brancusi. In any style, Sabattini produced objects of singular fascination.
Find a range of vintage Lino Sabattini vases and other decorative objects on 1stDibs.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
At the turn of the 20th century, the Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh created a singular, wholly original design style that was both lyrical and sleekly modern. Within his architectural schemes for schools, private homes and restaurants, Mackintosh — frequently working in collaboration with his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald — invented an aesthetic that blends the organic flow of the Art Nouveau style and the honest simplicity of the English Arts & Crafts movement.
Mackintosh was born into a working-class Glasgow family, the fourth of the 11 children of a police clerk and his wife. At age 15, Mackintosh began to take night classes at the Glasgow School of Art — where he would study until 1894 — and the following year started an apprenticeship with local architect John Hutchison.
At the GSA, Mackintosh befriended Macdonald, her sister, Frances, and fellow architecture student Herbert McNair. Together they formed a graphic design team known as the Four, and were admired for their illustrations featuring sinuous botanical forms and sylph-like women. Around the same time, Mackintosh was hired by the architectural firm Honeyman and Keppie. where he drafted the company’s winning design for a new GSA building. The structure, with its brooding, asymmetrical facade punctuated by soaring studio windows, would be his architectural masterwork. By 1900, Mackintosh was designing houses and began the interiors for a group of Glasgow tea parlors in which he and Macdonald would produce some of the most alluring, lushly graphic decors of the era. Mackintosh’s work became widely influential on the continent, particularly among Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and other members of the Vienna Secession movement.
His work on private homes and tearooms generated the furniture designs for which Mackintosh is best known today. These include the Hill House chair, with its latticed back; the Argyle Street Tea Room chair, which features an oval head rail with a cutout that resembles a bird in flight; and several others — all instantly recognizable for their stunning tall backs.
Mackintosh’s furniture works well in both traditional and modern interiors, though by virtue of both its familiarity and striking lines it tends to stand out. Because he was much more esteemed in Europe than in Britain, relatively few antique Mackintosh works survive, and those that have are museum pieces. Recently produced examples of his designs are widely available — notably, the Italian firm Cassina has been making fine Mackintosh pieces since the early 1970s. As you will see on 1stDibs, the furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh is ever intriguing and engaging. His work is a historical touchstone that would be welcome in the home of any modern design aficionado.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Turin, Italy
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
- 20th Century Charles Rennie Mackintosh Vase "HouseHill" by Colle, MatteBy Charles Rennie MackintoshLocated in Turin, TurinThe original design of this gorgeous Vase is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at least th...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsGlass
- 20th Century Charles Rennie Mackintosh Vase "HouseHill" by Colle, GlossyBy Charles Rennie MackintoshLocated in Turin, TurinThe original design of this gorgeous Vase is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at least th...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsGlass
- 20th Century Mackintosh Bowl Mod. Willow Reproduced by SabattiniBy Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Lino SabattiniLocated in Turin, TurinThe original design of this gorgeous Bowl is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at least th...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
MaterialsMetal
- 20th Century Mackintosh Candle Holder Mod. Cranston Reproduced by SabattiniBy Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Lino SabattiniLocated in Turin, TurinThe original design of this gorgeous candle holder is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsMetal
- 20th Century Lino Sabattini Vase in Silvered Metal and Glass, 70sBy Lino Sabattini, Sabattini ArgenteriaLocated in Turin, TurinLino Sabattini was an Italian artist. He worked at a brassware store, where he also learned metalworking techniques. At the age of 30 he moved to Milan, where he opened a small works...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsMetal
- 20th Century Lino Sabattini Vase Model Persepoli in Silvered Metal 1964By Lino Sabattini, Sabattini ArgenteriaLocated in Turin, TurinVase model "Persepoli" by Lino Sabattini in Silvered Metal, produced in '70s. Very good condition, as never used, fully original. Presence of the signature as shown in photo.Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
MaterialsMetal
- Abstract Geometric Silver-Plated Vase by Lino SabattiniBy Lino SabattiniLocated in Palm Desert, CAA slick, curved silver-plated vase by Lino Sabattini. Signed "Lino Sabattini / Cormorano 1966/2000, Collezione Sabattini Italy" on the face of the piece; and stamped "Sabattini Made ...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsSilver, Metal
- 1994 Modernist Complete Series of Three Nefertiti Bronze Vases by Lino SabattiniBy Lino SabattiniLocated in Aci Castello, ITAn extremely rare complete series of Nefertiti gilded and green painted bronze vases by Lino Sabattini, a numbered edition of only 50 specimens, co...Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Busts
MaterialsBronze
- Black and Yellow Ceramic Vase by Pol Chambost French Mid-20th Century ArtBy Pol ChambostLocated in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FRPol Chambost Black and yellow ceramic vase by french artist. Original perfect conditions Signed under the base Dimensions : Height 10cm, large 8cm.Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsCeramic
- 20th Century Ceramic Vase by Andree & Michel Hirlet, circa 1970By Andrée & Michel HirletLocated in London, GBGlazed stoneware vase by Andrée & Michel Hirlet. Material: Stoneware, glazing. Dimensions: H 42 x 27 cm. Year: circa 1970. Unique piece, signed. Working outside of any wider a...Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsStoneware
- Vase by Lino Sabattini, 1955By Christofle, Lino SabattiniLocated in Berlin, DEVase with two entries "Vaso 1" silver plated brass Dimension L. 27 cm, D 6 cm, H 16.5 cm Design Lino Sabattini, 1955 Manufacturer Christofle Paris Stamp "Coll. Gallia".Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsBrass
- Architectural Brown and Black Ceramic Vase circa 1970 French, 20th Mid-CenturyLocated in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FRLa Borne, circa 1970. Elegant architectural and abstract stoneware ceramic vase by French artist. Brown and black ceramic glazes colors. Original perfect conditions. Meas...Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsCeramic