Architect and designer Achille Salvagni finds inspiration in works of stone, bronze and wood. His craftsmen use the same construction techniques that they have since the 17th century to make violin bodies to create Salvagni’s Silk Gold cabinet, which is finished to gilded perfection with sinuous curves and a handle inlaid with onyx.
Bubble sconces are a new spin on Salvagni’s original Bubbles table lamp, a bespoke piece inspired by the work of Jeff Koons’ playful approach to depicting animated figures.
The “Ditchley portrait” of Queen Elizabeth I by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger informed the shape of the handmade and stitched Japanese silk lampshade that adorns the Lancea lamps and was created by an eighty-five-year-old woman who was formerly the assistant of Renzo Mongiardino.
Moon candlesticks sit atop the marble-topped, cast-bronze Diomede console table, a vignette inspired by the ancient city of Pompeii.
A fresco by Raffaellino del Colle representing Saint Leo the Great from Oratorio di San Leo in Sansepolcro inspired the base of Salvagni’s Roma cabinet. Each cast bronze leg is shaped like the Pope’s tiara.
A limited edition Tango console made with a white parchment top contrasts with dark patinated bronze legs.
The Darts chandelier demonstrates the designer’s penchant for using exceptional materials such as cool, luminous onyx and patinated bronze in extraordinary ways.
To learn more about Salvagni, check out his book available through Rizzoli.