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Midcentury Ashtray Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Midcentury Ashtray Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s

Midcentury Ashtray Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s

By Christian Dior, Dior Home, Team Guzzini

Located in Rome, IT

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Located in Aci Castello, IT

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This tray consists of two parts and is made from a black plastic base with a chrome lid, painted black inside. It is signed "Harvey Guzzini Designer Luigi Massoni Made in Italy" on t...

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By Guzzini

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This Italian Square Ashtray embodies the era's fascination with sleek lines, geometric shapes, and innovative materials. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this ashtray sea...

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Located in Aci Castello, IT

A Mid-Century Modern brass and lucite round ashtray designed and manufactured in Italy in the Eighties. Brass in original patina gives it a superb vintage look. It's in lovely condit...

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Incredible 6230 ashtray in chrome metal and red plastic. This wonderful piece was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Harvey Guzzini in Italy in the 1970s.

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Mid-Century Lucite and Chrome Ashtray by Ciocca for Guzzini, Italy 1970s
Mid-Century Lucite and Chrome Ashtray by Ciocca for Guzzini, Italy 1970s

Mid-Century Lucite and Chrome Ashtray by Ciocca for Guzzini, Italy 1970s

By Guzzini

Located in Roma, IT

This stylish ashtray was designed by Fabio Manlio Ciocca for Guzzini in Italy during the 1970s and is signed on the bottom.

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Luigi Massoni Full 6230 Chromed Metal Italian Ashtray for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
Luigi Massoni Full 6230 Chromed Metal Italian Ashtray for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s

Luigi Massoni Full 6230 Chromed Metal Italian Ashtray for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s

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Located in Roma, IT

Amazing full 6230 chrome metal and black plastic ashtray. This wonderful piece was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Harvey Guzzini in Italy during 1970s.

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

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In the postwar years, the democratization of luxury led to an explosion in the number of well-designed ashtrays, and there are many mid-century modern ashtrays to choose from on 1stDibs. (It’s no coincidence that sculptor Isamu Noguchi devised his “Dymaxion” version, which he hoped would make him rich, in 1945. Alas, it turned out to be too difficult to mass-produce.) The design collection of the Museum of Modern Art includes ashtrays by Carlo Scarpa (Murano glass, 1950–59); Achille Castiglioni (stainless steel with spring-like inserts, 1970); Masayuki Kurokawa (rubber and steel, 1973) and more. Smoking declined in popularity in the 1970s and ’80s, after the surgeon general’s warning began appearing on cigarette packs, but designers were still crafting ashtrays through the end of the century (especially outside the United States).

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