Cini Boeri Furniture
Italian, 1924-2020
Had Cini Boeri been a man, the Milanese architect and furniture designer, who died in 2020 at age 96, might be regarded today on par with such visionaries of the mid-20th century as Gio Ponti or Marco Zanuso. She worked with both. Although she’s well known and deeply respected in Italy, her renown elsewhere has been more akin to a cult following.
“I admire the work she did across architecture, interiors and furniture,” designer Faye Toogood says of Boeri’s impact. “She practiced architecture during a time when it was considered that women were too fragile to work outside.”
Boeri was one of very few women of her era to graduate from Milan Polytechnic with an architecture degree, which she did in 1951. Her illustrious career hinged on the strict economy of her designs and limited palette of materials. For example, her innovative 1971 Serpentone sofa for Arflex was crafted from just one material, polyurethane foam, and sold by the meter. Her ingenious 1987 Ghost chair for Fiam was cut from a single sheet of thick glass.
But in Boeri’s earlier days, her pieces displayed a more youthful exuberance. The circa 1968 Cubotto cabinet, produced in small numbers by Arflex, is an elegantly irregular arrangement of eight drawers of varying dimensions. The wooden cube, two feet square, was finished in laminate — in vivid orange, blue, sand or white — with color-coordinated casters and handles of black-enameled brass. Its design reflects a Space Age interest in flexible, space-saving, multiuse furnishings.
“It’s a very clean piece of design,” says Kaisha Davierwalla, owner and founder of Vaspaar Italy. “Even with its strong, square lines, somehow the vibrant colors and asymmetry have the feel of a feminine touch.”
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Creator: Cini Boeri
Cini Boeri "Gradual" Sofa for Gavina / Knoll
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Wien, Wien
Double Trouble - Two Cini Boeri sofas part of the "Gradual" System. It was developed in modular units to accommodate various room sizes. The system is comprised of two settees and ca...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
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Fabric, Fiberglass
Accademia Floor Lamp by Cini Boeri for Artemide 1978
By Cini Boeri, Artemide
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Accademia lamp, designed by Cini Boeri in 1978, is a floor lamp version of the popular table lamp created for Artemide. This lamp is an impressive e...
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1970s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Iron
New Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri for Fiam Glass Chair
By FIAM, Cini Boeri & Tomu Katayanagi, Cini Boeri
Located in Alsdorf, NW
“A perfect synthesis of technological experimentation and formal research, the Ghost armchair, designed by Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi, represents the desire to dematerialise the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Glass
Accademia Wall Lamp by Cini Boeri for Artemide, 1978
By Artemide, Cini Boeri
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Accademia lamp, designed by Cini Boeri in 1978, is a lamp version of the popular table lamp created for Artemide. This lamp is an impressive example...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Iron
"Lunario" Low Table by Cini Boeri for Gavina, Italy, 1970s
By Gavina, Cini Boeri
Located in Milan, IT
Iconic Lunario low table by Cini Boeri for Gavina.
Polished chrome-plated brass base supports a large oval glass surface.
One of the first exam...
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1970s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal
“Malibu” Table by Cini Boeri for Arflex, Italy, 1980
By Cini Boeri
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A beautiful dining table, model “Malibu”, designed by Cini Boeri and manufactured by Arflex in Italy around 1980.
This outstanding piece has a white wooden base with storage unit ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
1st Series of Pecorelle Sofa, Cini Boeri for Arflex
By Cini Boeri
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Sofa model Pecorelle designed in the 1970s by Cini Boeri for Arflex, awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 1979 and now an emblematic model of the brand.
This is a first edition, preserve...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Wood
Arflex Cini Boeri Model Strips Bed Daybed
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This bed was designed 1972 by Cini Boeri for Arflex.The Model Strips are shown in the MOMA Collection and Trienale Milano. It also won the Compasso D’Oro award for excellence and pr...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Blue Chiara Floor Lamp by Cini Boeri for Venini, Italy, 1980s
By Cini Boeri
Located in Brussels, BE
Chiara Floor Lamp by Cini Boeri for Venini, Italy, 1980s
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Glass
Arflex Botolo Chair in Heidi Fabric by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Botolo Chair is designed by Cini Boeri for Arflex. An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fiam Italia Ghost Glass Lounge Chair by Cini Boeri
By FIAM, Cini Boeri
Located in New York, NY
ARMCHAIR IN CURVED GLASS
Monolithic chair in 12 mm-thick curved glass.
“ I would never have thought of making a chair from glass… My initial distrust of an idea which seemed quite u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Glass
Cini Boeri Two-Seat Sofa for Knoll International, 1970s
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Den Haag, NL
Two-seat sofa designed by Cini Boeri for Knoll International. Upholstered in smooth black Leather. Model ''Brigadier''
Love the design, low and wide. So 1970s. The wooden base has re...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Leather
Pair of Lamps Marble Metal Lucite by Cini Boeri for Tronconi, Italy, 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Tronconi
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Art Deco style Memphis Large Tall pair of table or bedside lamps in black marble, black lacquered metal and white lucite per...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Pair of “Accademia” Table Lamps by Cini Bori for Artemide, 1970's
By Artemide, Cini Boeri
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of “Accademia” Table lamps by Cini Bori Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1970s for Artemide. Original EU cord with the adapter. 75w ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal
Strips Sofa by Cini Boeri, 1972s
By Cini Boeri
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
We work with artisans who masterfully restore typical pieces from each period of our history, valuing their different preservation techniques. Teamwork has built this pioneering comp...
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Late 20th Century Brazilian Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Arflex Botolo High Back Armchair in Black Fur and Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Fur
Arflex Botolo High Back Armchair in Natural Fur & Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Fur
Vintage Cini Boeri for Knoll Lunario Cantilevered Table/Desk
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern desk features a polished stainless steel base with a 1/2 inch thick cantilever glass top. By Cini Boeri for Knoll ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Sofa "Gradual Lounge" by Cini Boeri for Knoll Gavina, Italy, 1970s
By Gavina, Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Sofa "Gradual Lounge" is an original design item realized it Italy in 1970s.
Top Rare sofa, designed by Cini Boeri for Knowll Gavina.
A totally innovative modular syste...
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1970s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Leather
Arflex Strips Modular Sofa S3 in White Fabric and Aluminium Feet by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
At the end of the 60s, the architect Cini Boeri revolutionizes the furniture market with her model, that is now an ""evergreen"": the seat system Strips.
Additional information:
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
'Brigadier' Loveseats by Cini Boeri for Knoll, Italy, 1980s
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two exceptional sofas from the award-winning Brigadier Series by renowned Italian architect and designer, Cini Boeri (1924–2020). Crafted in the 1980s for Knoll, these sofas feature ...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Leather, Lacquer
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric with Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal
Arflex Botolo Low Back Armchair in Natural Fur & Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Fur
Bengodi Vintage Cognac Leather Sofas by Cini Bouri for Arflex Italy
By Cini Boeri
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Stunning and rare set of matching Bengodi sofas.
Designed by Cini Boeri for Aflex Italy. Original cognac leather with a stunning patina!
Mint vintage co...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Leather
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric and Black Fur Corners by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal
Arflex Pecorelle Sofa in Denver Fabric with Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Abat Jour" Table Lamp by Cini Boeri for Arteluce, Italy, 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Arteluce
Located in Milan, IT
Oversized "Abat Jour" table lamp by Cini Boeri for Arteluce.
Pyramidal marble base support the metal and plastic shade.
Monumental piece with archetypal shape.
From April 2 2016 to ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
VENINI Mid-Century Modern "Chiara" Pink Glass Italian Chandelier by Cini Boeri.
By Cini Boeri, Venini
Located in Sacile, PN
"Chiara" pink glass chandelier designed by Cini Boeri for VENINI, dated 1985.
Black varnished metal top and pink glass shade.
Signed VENINI.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
"Lunario" Coffee Table by Cini Boeri / Gavina, 1970
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Wien, Wien
The Lunario low coffee table, a visionary creation by Cini Boeri and skillfully crafted by Gavina in 1970s Italy, stands as an exemplar of innovative design. This early masterpiece b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Postmodern Artemide Brontes Lamp Design Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Artemide Brontes desk lamp
Postmodern Brontes lamp, designed by Cini Boeri for Artemide in 1981, with makers bedge
a post-modern desk lamp creating an atmospheric light on your des...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Steel
Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri for Fiam Glass Armchair
By Cini Boeri & Tomu Katayanagi, Cini Boeri, FIAM
Located in Alsdorf, NW
Wonderfull and rare authentic Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri for Fiam.
It is stunning how a chair full of glass could be manufactured and used...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Strips Sofa and Armchair Cini Boeri for Arflex, 1970s
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern strips sofa and armchair by Cini Boeri for Arflex, 1970s
Strips model two-seater sofa and armchair, with fully removable checkered cover, with black hinge...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Cini Boeri furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Cini Boeri furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Cini Boeri furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 84 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 10 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Cini Boeri were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Giovanni Offredi, Vivai del Sud, and Giotto Stoppino. Prices for Cini Boeri furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $895 and can go as high as $32,283, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,939.