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.
Top Lots
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:30:22 +0000
Swatch: an icon never out of fashion
Cambi Auction House presents timed auction dedicated to Swatch watches. Colorful, diverse and never dull. Since the very early 1980s, Swatch watches have never gone out [..]
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:13:53 +0000
L’Art de la Table is back at Cambi’s!
On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Cambi Auction House brings back to the rooms of Castello Mackenzie in Genoa the art of mise en place dedicated to the pleasures of conviviality: [..]
Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:24:39 +0000
Holy Family with Saint John by Giulio Cesare Procaccini
In the prestigious Genoese venue of Castello Mackenzie, Cambi Auction House presents the exclusive Old Masters live auction, an extraordinary event and involving ancient [..]
Contacts
Marco Arosio

Marco Arosio

Specialist
Alice Gregotti

Alice Gregotti

Assistant