Bellini Amanta

Poltrone Italia

B B Italia Coffee Table

Amanta Sofa

Fiberglass Couch

Italia Amanta

B B Italia Leather Sofa

Materials

Fiberglass

Mario Bellini, for B&B Amanta leather armchair. Circa 1970

$2,757

Mario Bellini, for B&B Amanta leather armchair. Circa 1970

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Mario Bellini, for B&B Amanta armchair, white fiberglass-reinforced polyester shell, tan leather seat and backrest.

Category

20th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Leather

Amanta modular sofa by Mario Bellini, B&B Italia, sand velvet

$6,900

Amanta modular sofa by Mario Bellini, B&B Italia, sand velvet

By B&B Italia

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A rare and highly collectible Amanta modular sofa designed by the legendary Mario Bellini for B&B Italia.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Velvet, Fiberglass

Pair of Amanta Leather Armchairs for C&B, Italy 1960s

$5,974

Pair of Amanta Leather Armchairs for C&B, Italy 1960s

By Bellini Studio, C&B Italia

Located in Roma, IT

Amanta was the first series designed by Bellini for C&B, beginning of an important and historic collaboration.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Sofas

Materials

Materials

Cord

Unavailable

H 27.56 in W 31.5 in D 33.47 in

Rare Amanta Set by Mario Bellini for C & B Italy

By Mario Bellini, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Barcelona, ES

Rare Amanta set composed of five easy chairs and one table designed in 1966 by Mario Bellini with original fabric designed by Gaetano Pesce for C & B, Italy.

Amanta B&B Armchairs by Mario Bellini, 1970s

Unavailable

H 28.75 in W 32.29 in D 32.68 in

Amanta B&B Armchairs by Mario Bellini, 1970s

Located in Manzano, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Amanta B&B armchairs by Mario Bellini, fiberlite structure and floral fabric.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Plastic

Home Modular Amanta 24 Living Room Set by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia, 1960s

Unavailable

H 27 in W 23 in D 27 in

Home Modular Amanta 24 Living Room Set by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia, 1960s

By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini

Located in Mazowieckie, PL

This model Amanta 24 living room set comprises five elements that can be arranged into different furniture pieces by means of connectors.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Plastic

PAIR OF BELLINI AMANTA CHAIRS

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H 28 in W 31 in

PAIR OF BELLINI AMANTA CHAIRS

By Mario Bellini

Located in Wargrave, Berkshire

Pair of Mario Bellini Amanta chairs for B&B Italia , in brown checker fabric over white fibreglass shell , underside embossed logo and date stamped September '79 .

Materials

Fabric, Resin

MARIO BELLINI AMANTA CHAIRS

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H 25 in W 32 in D 33 in

MARIO BELLINI AMANTA CHAIRS

Located in Wargrave, Berkshire

Mario Bellini for C & B Italia , pair of Amanta chairs in what looks to be the original fabric , nice white background with brown ovals , great 60's look .

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Slipper Chairs

Early Mario Bellini Amanta Table

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H 14.88 in W 48 in D 24.5 in

Early Mario Bellini Amanta Table

By C&B Italia, Mario Bellini

Located in Miami, FL

Rectangular with sensuous smooth curves, Mario Bellini's iconic sculptural Amanta table from 1966, produced by C&B Italia.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Vintage Set of 4 Mario Bellini Amanta Lounge Chairs for C&B Italia

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H 27.5 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in

Vintage Set of 4 Mario Bellini Amanta Lounge Chairs for C&B Italia

By Jan Ekselius, Milo Baughman, Karl Springer, Mario Bellini, C&B Italia

Located in Palm Desert, CA

Set of 4 Mario Bellini Amanta Lounge Chairs for C&B Italia (Now B&B Italia) This set includes four modular Amanta lounge chairs, designed by Mario Bellini in 1966, the year C&B Ital...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass

Massimo and Lella Vignelli for Poltronova 'Saratoga' Coffee Table

Located in Waalwijk, NL

Massimo and Lella Vignelli for Poltronova, 'Saratoga' coffee table, polyester lacquered wood, Italy, 1964 Designed by Massimo and Lella Vignelli for Poltronova, the Saratoga coffee ...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

1970s Mario Bellini 5-Piece Bambole Sofa Set for B&B Italia

$29,000 / set

H 33.47 in W 27.96 in D 32.29 in

1970s Mario Bellini 5-Piece Bambole Sofa Set for B&B Italia

By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini

Located in Grand Cayman, KY

Discover the timeless Organic Modern elegance of the original 1970s Le Bambole Italian sofa set with beige woven wool upholstery in superb condition. A Mid-Century Modern Italian ma...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Organic Modern Sofas

Materials

Materials

Teak

$5,800 / set

H 30.32 in W 31.5 in D 29.14 in

Danish Modern, A Pair of Easy Chairs in Oak & Lambswool, Henning Kjærnulf, 1960s

By Henning Kjærnulf

Located in Odense, DK

A striking pair of Danish lounge chairs, crafted in the 1960s by a Danish cabinetmaker. Made in the manner of Henning Kjærnulf. Constructed in solid oak, the chairs feature strong, g...

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Lambskin, Sheepskin, Oak

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Bellini Amanta For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic bellini amanta available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of plastic, fiberglass and fabric, every bellini amanta was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a bellini amanta — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A bellini amanta is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. Mario Bellini, C&B Italia and B&B Italia each produced at least one beautiful bellini amanta that is worth considering.

How Much is a Bellini Amanta?

Prices for a bellini amanta can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $100 and can go as high as $12,774, while the average can fetch as much as $3,519.

Mario Bellini for sale on 1stDibs

Milan-born architect and designer Mario Bellini just may be the closest thing to a modern-day Renaissance man: His creative output spans genres, from electronics to furniture to architecture to cars, comprising iconic designs in each. Vintage Mario Bellini sofas, dining chairs and other seating pieces are widely coveted, and the designer has been the recipient of multiple prestigious Compasso d’Oro awards. More than 20 of his works are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

Born in 1935, Bellini studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan before founding his own firm in his native city in the early 1960s. He soon branched out beyond architecture, however, first for the tech manufacturer Olivetti, where he served as chief industrial design consultant from 1963 to 1991. During that time, Bellini oversaw the design of some of Olivetti’s most popular typewriters.

His penchant for electronic design didn’t stop there: Bellini also designed cameras for Fuji, televisions for Brionvega and a slew of audio devices for Yamaha, then served as design consultant for Renault and devised the interior of the 1980 Lancia Trevi for Fiat. Meanwhile, his architecture work spans continents, including such modern gems as the Museum of Islamic Arts at the Louvre, the National Gallery of Victoria extension in Melbourne, the Dubai Creek Complex and the Milan Convention Centre in his hometown.

And then there’s the furniture: Over the last 70 years, Bellini has designed office furniture for Vitra; lamps for Artemide, Erco and FLOS; porcelain for Rosenthal and long-admired sofas and other seating for Kartell, Natuzzi, B&B Italia, Cassina and more.

His oft-imitated 1977 Cab chair for Cassina, comprising 16 individual pieces of saddle leather that create a “skin” over a minimal metal frame, remains one of the manufacturer’s best sellers today. His pudgy-legged, round tables for Cassina foreshadow Faye Toogood’s widely loved Roly Poly line. His postmodern Summa armchairs for Kartell, as well as his elegant Chiara floor lamp, still lure collectors on vintage furniture websites.

Bellini’s most famous contribution to furniture design, though, may be his 1970 Camaleonda sofa for B&B Italia (then C&B Italia). An entrant to the 1972 MoMA show “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,” the seat takes its name from the Italian words for chameleon and wave. Its bulbous, modular form makes it infinitely flexible. The sofa was a runaway hit at the show and, once discontinued, remained so popular among vintage dealers that B&B Italia reissued it in 2020 with all recycled materials and interchangeable seat covers. “Of all the objects I have designed, Camaleonda is perhaps the best in terms of its sense of freedom,” Bellini said.

Browse an expansive collection of vintage Mario Bellini furniture — including dining tables, armchairs, mid-century sofas and more — today on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.