1950s Bruno Morasutti Milano Coat Rack

This extremely rare vintage 1950s coat rack by architect Bruno Morassutti is in the classic Italian 1950s style with delicate brass details combined with six beautiful abstract motif ceramic hooks in differing colours. It still retains its original Morassutti label.

Born in Padua in 1920, Morassutti graduated at the Faculty of Architecture at Venice University (1946), and was subsequently the only Italian to study for a year in the community project organized by Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin (1949-50). On his return from the American experience, having worked briefly with Carlo Scarpa, the Paduan architect tempered the influence of Lloyd Wright by embarking on his own independent field of research. He moved to Milan to work at the BBPR studio where he met Angelo Mangiarotti, with whom he worked for several years (1954-63).

The Fundación Arquitectura COAM in Madrid held a major retrospective of Morassutti's work in March 2011 and a book documenting his architectural work was published by ELECTA in 2009.