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FRANCO ALBINI
ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER
Franco Albini (1905-1977) was an Italian Neo-Ra-
tionalist architect and designer, renowned for
merging modern minimalistic furniture design
with traditional Italian craftmanship. In his crea-
tions he used raw, inexpensive materials.
He had great success in the 1950’s where he creat-
ed a range of distinguished furniture designs, in-
cluding the famous and fashionable rattan chairs
Margherita and Gala, both features as part of the
permanent exhibition Museum of Modern Art
( MOMA) in New York.
Franco Albini obtained three Compasso d’Oro
awards, the most prestigious Italian design prize.
In 1951, Franco Albini designed Ottoman and
the Belladonna sofa made made of rattan, which
has since been chased by connoisseurs all over
the world. We are proud to have the productions
rights to this wonderful piece of design as part of
our ICONS collection.
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