Ferdinando Meccani

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FUTURE ANTIQUE GALLERY

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FERDINANDO MECCANI

Art, Design, and Architecture

Ferdinando Meccani was born in 1937 to Cascina ( Pisa ) Italy and died in 2018.
Graduated at  the State Art Institute of Cascina and later at the Florence Institute of Art in Decor at the Magisterium Course and obtained the Degree to the teaching of art subjects in Art School.
Grown in a family where furniture is made, Mobilificio Meccani Marino, and in an environment where there are numerous furniture Companies, occupies the 60's and 70's of modern furnishings for the Firm Calamai in Florence.
Attracted by the Design and Avant-garde , transforms the father's joinery in to a Company that designs and realized home furnishings.
Designer, Artist and Painter also designs architectures.
Has collaborated with world-class artists and designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Michael Graves, Paolo Portoghesi, Ugo La Pietra, Adolfo Natalini, Masao Noguchi, Lanfranco Benvenuti etc..





Some works of design and paintings since the 1970s.

Corinto Table, 1978

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Corinto sideboard and table

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Corinto Table, 1978
cm 135 x 135 x h 74
Square table with glass in cherry-wood and wengè.

The Corinto table participated in the Dorotheum "Design First" auction in Vienna , 2018 .
The table , in solid cherrywood with walnut or wenge' inlays .
The "Corinto" table was designed together with the "Corinto" sideboard at the end of the 1970s, in 1978. It was presented at one of the first editions of the Firenze Arreda Exhibition in Florence.
The design of the table and sideboard is based on squares rotated by 45°; a perfect shape that is re-proposed in detail from different points of view.
In the sideboard, the figure of the square contrasts with the curves of the central part where the volume is excavated.
Geometry, square and circle … in search of perfect symmetry.


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Corinto table in wengé with maple inlays, 1978

Triangolare Sideboard, 1970

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Triangolare Sideboard, 1970
cm 264 x 51,5 x h 235,5
Lacquered sideboard with 8 doors.
Single piece.

Corinto Sideboard, 1978

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Symmetry, Geometry, Detail
S.Maria Novella, Florence
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)

Corinto Sideboard, 1978
cm 180 x 58,5 x h 182
In oak coloured wengè and cherry-wood with 4 doors and 8 drawers.


Beautiful example of italian design from the 70s, geometry, symmetry and attention to detail.
Ferdinando Meccani, on glossy ink and pencil paper, draw a square, a marble monolith, a stone black, then a square within the square, symmetrical and proportional vertical and horizontal lines starting from a multiple of 10 cm.
The square rotates and intensifies in the central part; the search for detail and the cultural relationship with Carlo Scarpa is evident.
This series of vertical and horizontal lines, this picture, suddenly becomes three - dimensional: the lines generate drawers and doors, become function, become a piece of furniture.
But in the center of the square the block of marble is excavated, matter is removed, following Michelangelo and introducing the circle ...
The contrast between cherrywood and wenge' accentuates the symmetries of the sideboard.
The "Corinto" sideboard and table were presented at one of the first Editions of Firenze Arreda, at the Fortezza da Basso.
About ten sideboards have been realized in total.

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Corinto Sideboard, 1978
cm 180 x 58,5 x h 182
In oak wood and maple with 4 doors and 8 drawers.
Unique piece in this essence.

Madia Sideboard, 1970

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Pandolfini , 20th Century Design auction , Florence

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Madia Sideboard, 1970
cm 200 x 49 x h 85
in cherry wood, walnut with 4 doors, 2 ribs and 3 shelves

Erasmo Sideboard, 1972

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Photo Meccani Archive

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Erasmo Sideboard, 1972
cm 210 x 55 x h 76 
in cherry wood with 3 doors, 1 shelves and 1 drawer

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Erasmo Sideboard, 1972
cm 210 x 55 x h 76 
in cherry wood and maple with 3 doors, 1 shelves and 1 drawer

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Erasmo Sideboard, 1972
cm 210 x 55 x h 76 
in cherry wood and rosewood with 3 doors, 1 shelves and 1 drawer

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Original Meccani Arredamenti Catalog

Cubo Sideboard, 1998

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Cubo Sideboard, 1998
cm 90 x 64 x h 95 
in pear wood with 3 drawers and 1 door

Quadro Sideboard, 1976

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Quadro Sideboard, 1976
cm 146 x 56 x h 80 
in wengè with 4 doors, 3 shelves

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Quadro Sideboard, 1976
made 1985

cm 146 x 56 x h 80 
in maple with 4 doors, 3 shelves

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Quadro Sideboard, 1976
made 1985

cm 146 x 56 x h 80 
in cherry wood with 4 doors, 3 shelves

Micene Table, 1978

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Micene Table, 1978
cm 135 x 135 x h 77
diameter cm 188 in oak coloured wengè

Micene Sideboard, 1978

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Micene Sideboard, 1978
cm 192 x 57 x h 150
in wengè with 8 doors and 8 shelves

Micene Glass-Cupboard, 1978

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Micene Glass-Cupboard, 1978
cm 54 x 54 x h 157
in wengè with 3 shelves and 1 door

Micene Chair, 1978

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Micene Chair, 1978
in wenge

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Micene Chair, 1978
cm 43,5 x 44 x h 106
in cherry wood

Giotto Chair, 1987

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Giotto Chair, 1987
cm 45 x 45 x h 90
cherry wood

Plurimo Small Table, 1970

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Pandolfini , 20th Century Design auction , Florence

Plurimo Small Table, 1970
cm 100 x 100 x h 30
in black lacquered and walnut

Brunelleschi Small Table, 1992

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Brunelleschi Small Table, 1992
cm 110 x 110 x h 26+29
in maple wood

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Brunelleschi Small Table, 1992
cm 100 x 100 x h 26+29
in wengè

Cimabue Chair, 1994

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Cimabue Chair, 1994
cm 45 x 46 x h 95
in maple wood

Megaron Sideboard, 1988

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Megaron Sideboard, 1988
cm 200 x 50 x h 170
in oak coloured wengè with 8 doors and 6 drawers

Megaron Table, 1988

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Megaron Table, 1988
cm 150 x 150 x h 244,5
in wengè

Cimabue Bookcase, 1993

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Cimabue Bookcase, 1993
in cherry wood

Castelvecchio Armchair, 1987

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The Castelvecchio chair participated in the exhibition "Una Veduta sul Design" in Lucca , Palazzo Pfanner , 2019 .
The chair , with the shape of a flower , is a clear testimony of the Postmodern style of the 80s .
Made in few pieces by the Meccani company in the 80s , it is out of production and cannot be reproduced in the future .

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Castelvecchio Chair, 1987
cm 49,5 x 45 x h 122
in matt lacquer

Fiore Coat Rack, 1976

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Fiore Coat Rack, 1976
cm 57,5 x 57,5 x h 152
in black lacquered wood

Coat Hanger, 1976

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Coat Hanger, 1976
made 1987

cm 32 x 32 x h 152
in oak and rosewood edge
cm 48 x 48 x h 152
in oak and red lacquered edge

Punteggio Small Table, 1992

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Punteggio Small Table, 1992
cm 150 x 80 x h 25 and cm 120 x 120 x h 25
in wengè stained oak and glass

Quadro Small Table, 1969

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Quadro A and B  Small Table, 1969
cm 90 x 90 x h 30
in walnut

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Quadro A and B  Small Table, 1969
cm 111 x 111 x h 25
in oak

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Quadro Marmo  Small Table, 2014
cm 111 x 111 x h 25
in oak and marble

Babbo Bed, 1970

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Babbo Bed, 1970
cm 300 x 225 x h 105
in walnut

Vela Bed, 1967

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Vela Bed, 1967
cm 300 x 225 x h 140
in walnut

Vela Armchair, 1969

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Pandolfini , 20th Century Design auction , Florence

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Vela Armchair, 1969
cm 64 x 70 x h 70
in walnut

Circolare Table, 1966

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Pandolfini , 20th Century Design auction , Florence

Circolare Table, 1966
cm 143 x 143 x h 76
in walnut

Circolare Allungabile Table, 1974

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Circolare Allungabile, 1974
cm 120 x 120 x h 76 closed
cm 120 x 180 x h 76 open
in walnut

Appoggio Small Table, 1972

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Appoggio Small Table, 1972
cm 65 x 65 x h 67,5
In walnut with copper base, number three turned columns, frame in walnut and top in walnut briar

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Appoggio Small Table, 2014
cm 65 x 65 x h 67,5
In walnut with copper base, number three turned columns, frame in walnut and top in marble

Grazia Table, 1974

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Grazia Table, 1974
cm 250 x 90 x h 76
In walnut and glass

Plato Table, 1969

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Plato Table, 1969
cm 138 x 138 x h 76
In walnut

Campo di Siena, 1988

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Campo di Siena, 1988
cm 45 x 33 x h 11
in marble and oak

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Campo di Siena 1, 1988
cm 44 x 33 x h 31
in marble and oak

Paintings

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Oil painting on canvas, 1969
cm 45 x h 55

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Oil painting on canvas, 1970
cm 50 x h 70

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Oil painting on canvas, 1970
cm 60 x h 100

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Drawing on paper, 1969
cm 64 x h 83

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Oil panting on wood, 1970
cm 52,5 x h 52,5

Oil paint with glue and sand on wood
"Materia" is the title of the painting.
Sculpture and painting also intersect in other works by the author.
Dark colors are unusual
Bas-relief, misterious....

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Pencil on paper, 1969
cm 64 x h 83

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Oil panting on wood, 1970
cm 53,5 x h 75,5

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Oil panting on wood, 1970
cm 47 x h 75

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Oil panting on wood, 1970
cm 40,3 x h 65,3

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Oil panting on wood, 1970
cm 40 x h 60

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Oil panting on wood, 1969
cm 40 x h 60

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Oil panting on wood, 1969
cm 50 x h 70

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Painting on cardboard, 1959
cm 53 x h 38

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Vela oil panting on wood, 1968
cm 20,5 x 5 x h 25
cm 20 x 6,5 x h 25

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Oil and sand on wood, 90s
cm 150 x 150

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Oil and sand on wood, 90s
cm 150 x 150

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Oil and sand on wood, 90s
cm 150 x 150

Sculpture, 1970

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Wood Sculpture, 1970
cm 55 x 35 x h 65

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Archival documents

è Calamai

Some of the most beautiful showrooms in Florence
from the 60s
Company furnishings Calamai Florence
Ferdinando Meccani projectsUgolini, Raspini, Beltrami, Cresti, among others

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Interiors

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Architecture

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Exhibition Ferdinando Meccani - Opere di design degli anni '60 e '70 - La ricerca delle proporzioni - Cascina (Pisa)
1 May 2022 - 30 June 2022

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Exhibition Ferdinando Meccani - Design ed Arte - Cascina (Pisa)
1 September - 31 December 2022