20th Century Decorative Arts

Cambi’s department having as an object Design and 20th Century Decorative Arts was born in February 2002, year in which Cambi’s first “Novecento” auction was organized, a sale that introduced an important collection of Fontana Arte decorative objects and a splendid series of Biancini’s ceramics.  

The department of Design and 20th Century Decorative Arts organizes auctions regularly taking place usually in spring and autumn; the catalogues include artworks in bronze, ceramics and glass signed by the biggest names of the 20th Century. For the ceramics Cambi auctions include artworks by artists as Giò Ponti, Enrico Scanvini for Lenci, Fausto Melotti, Galileo Chini, Francesco Nonni, Laveno, Friedrich Goldscheider. Important names in Cambi’s decorative arts auctions for glass objects can be remebered names of important Italian glassmakers as Venini, Scarpa and Barovier as well as French glassmakers as Emile Gallè and Daum.  

Among the most important sales of this department can be remebered objects as the extraordinary flower vase Nancy signed by Emile Gallè, an artwork sold for € 75,000 and the gold and violet porcelain urn Le passioni prigioniere signed Giò Ponti, produced by the artist for Richard Ginori Manufacture.
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Emile Gallé (1846-1904) - Nancy L'Iris

Eccezionale vaso floreale che comprende svariate sfaccettature dell’arte vetraria: dalla marqueterie all’ossidazione per passare all&rsquo [..]
€ 93.850,00
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Emile Gallé (1846-1904) - Nancy Coppa libellula

Rarissimo pezzo in pasta vitrea marmorizzata con applicazione di libel [..]
€ 62.600,00
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Gio Ponti

Richard Ginori, Sesto Fiorentino, 1929 ca Grande vaso monumentale
Eccezionale vaso in porcellana bianca e oro segnato a punta d'agata co [..]
€ 60.100,00
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Gio Ponti

Richard Ginori, Pittoria di Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino 1928 ca
Eccezionale vaso di forma globulare con collo ad anello in terracotta [..]
€ 60.100,00
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Emile Gallé - (1846-1904) - Nancy

Eccezionale vaso in vetro rosa e viola con inclusione di ossidi metall [..]
€ 40.100,00
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Gio Ponti (1891-1979) - Richard Ginori - Doccia Le passioni prigioniere

Urna in porcellana viola e oro. Sotto la base: titolo, Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia 1925 in cartiglio dorato e Richard Ginori in verde. Altezza c [..]
€ 33.850,00
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Renato Bertelli (1900-1974) Profilo continuo del Duce

Terracotta verniciata a smalto nero. 1930 - 1940, altezza cm 29,5
€ 28.850,00
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Emile Gallé (1846-1904) - Nancy

Importante vaso di forma ovoidale lavorato con tecnica soufflé. [..]
€ 27.600,00
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Fausto Melotti

Set di quaranta piastrelle in ceramica smaltata policroma. Prod. [..]
€ 27.600,00
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Fausto Melotti

Set di novanta piastrelle in ceramica smaltata policroma. Prod. Cera [..]
€ 25.100,00
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Fausto Melotti

Set di cinquanta piastrelle in ceramica smaltata policroma. Prod. [..]
€ 25.100,00
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Fausto Melotti

Set di trenta piastrelle in ceramica smaltata policroma. Prod. Ceram [..]
€ 25.100,00
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Renato Bertelli (1900-1974) Firenze 1933 ca

Profilo Continuo del Duce. Scultura in terracotta patinata nera altezz [..]
€ 22.600,00
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Gio Ponti

Richard Ginori, Pittoria di Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino 1930 ca La sirena [..]
Vaso sferico in terracotta maiolicata con piede troncoconico e collo a [..]
€ 21.350,00
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Gio Ponti

Richard Ginori, Pittoria di Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino 1928 ca L’Amazzon [..]
Vaso serie Venatoria di forma sferica con collo cilindrico e piede tro [..]
€ 21.350,00
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Emile Gallé (1846-1904) - Nancy

mobiletto da musica lastronato in varie essenze, fronte a due piccole [..]
€ 20.725,00
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Gio Ponti (1891-1979) Richard Ginori, Sesto Fiorentino, 1930 ca La Tem [..]

Coppia di vasi in porcellana a sezione ovale con anse a piuma applicat [..]
€ 20.100,00
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Emile Gallé (1846-1904) - Nancy

Prezioso flacone in vetro giada, ottenuto con inclusione di ossidi met [..]
€ 19.475,00
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Gio Ponti (1891-1979) - Richard Ginori - Doccia Vaso piumato

porcellana bianca decorati in oro a punta d'agata con figura allegoric [..]
€ 18.850,00
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Melandri & Focaccia, Faenza, 1923 ca

Grande vaso con piccola bocca in maiolica con decoro di peonie cinte da fogliame in oro e smalti su fondo blu. Altezza cm 61
€ 18.850,00
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Gio Ponti

Richard Ginori, Pittoria di Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino 1925 ca
Vaso globulare schiacciato in terracotta maiolicata con piede troncoco [..]
€ 18.850,00
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Gio' Ponti (1891-1979) - Richard Ginori - Pittoria di Doccia Grande bo [..]

Scatola in porcellana bianco e oro segnata a punta d’agata. Marchi del [..]
€ 18.225,00
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Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), 1939 ca Costumi Sardi

Grande pannello in legno interamente rivestito di intarsi colorati in [..]
€ 18.225,00
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Giò Ponti (1891-1979) per Richard Ginori, 1927 ca Trionfo

Figura femminile seduta su conchiglia poggiante su base sagomata, in p [..]
€ 17.600,00
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René Lalique (1860-1945), Francia

Veilleuse Véronique, modello creato nel 1913. Lampada da tavolo in vet [..]
€ 17.600,00
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Tomaso Buzzi

1950 ca
Voliera in forma di palazzo in legno e ferro con decoro di pinnacoli, [..]
€ 17.600,00
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