Red Willy Rizzo Cabinet

A rare dark red double bookcase and sideboard with nine sectional elements, designed by Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013), 1960s.

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Rizzos furniture is contemporary in style and always based on natural and noble materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, wild boar. The cabinet elements are like LEGO bricks that can be put together in various ways to build one large or two smaller structures. Laminated wood structure. Chromed metal details. The furniture has slight signs of wear that match the age of the furniture.

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Born in Naples in 1928, Willy Rizzo began his career as a photographer in Paris in the early 1940s. As a great photographer of personalities, fashion and major reports, he has exhibited all over the world: at Galerie Agathe Gaillard in Paris, Galerie Bukamura in Tokyo, at Maison de la Photographie in Moscow, at Mallett gallery in New York and London, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and even at the MUBE in São Paulo. In 1968, he moved to Rome and began working as a designer for his personal needs because, according to him, “Scandinavian furniture was not comfortable enough or luxurious enough.” When asked, he set up his workshop in 1970 and launched his sales outlets worldwide. “Imagination and a strong modern style” are the words that define his style. Today, his Elliptical marble table is being exhibited at MoMA in New York. Willy Rizzo passed away in 2013.

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