We visit Bonacina’s Museo Galleria Giardino, showcasing the company’s 134-year history with rattan furniture from its HQ in Brianza
The first thing you learn at Bonacina is that rattan must never be mistaken for bamboo. To confuse them is a crime at this family-owned enterprise, which makes furniture in the solid former, not the hollow latter. The second thing you learn is that, throughout its 134 years, Bonacina has rolled out masterpiece after masterpiece, signed by a roll call ofAnd now, for the first time, it’s possible to see them all, on permanent display in the Bonacina museum.
These, alongside never-seen-before works from the likes of Raffaella Crespi, Gianfranco Frattini, Ico Parisi and Gio Ponti, reveal Bonacina’s daring; plastics and metals, not sustainable, natural materials, dominated the midcentury design agenda. But Bonacina’s loyalty to rattan paid off, and pieces from this era are in many a museum’s permanent collection.
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