Ferdinando Meccani

FUTURE ANTIQUE GALLERY

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

Corinto sideboard and table

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.

Triangolare Sideboard, 1970

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

Corinto Sideboard, 1978

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.

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

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

Original Meccani Arredamenti Catalog

Cubo Sideboard, 1998

Quadro Sideboard, 1976

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

Quadro Sideboard, 1976
made 1985
cm 146 x 56 x h 80 
in maple with 4 doors, 3 shelves

Quadro Sideboard, 1976
made 1985
cm 146 x 56 x h 80 
in cherry wood with 4 doors, 3 shelves

Micene Table, 1978

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

Micene Sideboard, 1978

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

Micene Glass-Cupboard, 1978

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

Micene Chair, 1978

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

Giotto Chair, 1987

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

Plurimo Small Table, 1970

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

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

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

Cimabue Chair, 1994

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

Megaron Sideboard, 1988

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

Megaron Table, 1988

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

Cimabue Bookcase, 1993

Cimabue Bookcase, 1993
in cherry wood

Castelvecchio Armchair, 1987

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

Fiore Coat Rack, 1976

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

Coat Hanger, 1976

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

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

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

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

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

Babbo Bed, 1970

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

Vela Bed, 1967

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

Vela Armchair, 1969

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

Circolare Table, 1966

Pandolfini , 20th Century Design auction , Florence

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

Circolare Allungabile Table, 1974

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

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

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

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

Plato Table, 1969

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

Campo di Siena, 1988

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

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

Paintings

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

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

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

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

Sculpture, 1970

Wood Sculpture, 1970
cm 55 x 35 x h 65

Interiors

Architecture

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