Christofle, Gallia - Lino Sabattini - Vase - Silver metal

TRES RARE: Large vase 'Living' GALLIA Christofle by designer Lino SABATTINI in silver-plated metal.

Inscription on one side: "SKI YACHTING CANNES 1959"

Height: 34.5 cm

Good condition - Beautiful shine (Note micro-scratches)

Lino Sabattini (born September 23, 1925, in Correggio, and died in July 2016) was an Italian goldsmith and designer.

Sabattini is self-taught: he was still a teenager during World War II, working in a copper factory when he began to take an interest in metal. He was interested in metallurgy, but especially in materials and goldsmithing techniques. Sabattini later undertook informal pottery training with the German ceramist refugee in Italy, Roland Hettner. In 1955, at thirty years old, he moved to Milan where he established his own workshop dedicated to metal and met Gio Ponti, who encouraged his design practice, wrote an article about him in the magazine Domus, and exhibited his creations the following year in Paris, which drew international attention to Sabattini. From 1956 to 1963, while still active in Milan, he became the design director for Christofle Orfèvrerie, Paris. His signature appears on elegant everyday objects such as candlesticks, cutlery, kettles, or vases, whose innovative aesthetic tends toward a fusion of neoclassicism with modernism and minimalism. He also designed glassware and ceramics for Rosenthal, Nava, and Zani & Zani.

In 1964, he established his own manufacturing company, Argenteria Sabattini, in Bregnano near Como. A member of the ADI, he participated in the Milan Triennale and won several awards, including the gold medal in 1971 and the Golden Compass in 1979 at the International Furniture Exhibition in Monza.

Her works are part of the collections of several museums dedicated to decorative arts, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.