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Aldo Londi
Submitted by straylight on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 11:27am
Rimini Blu Lazy Susan by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
I believe that this is the platter from a lazy susan though the rotating mechanism was long gone by the time I got my hands on it.
It's huge measuring 14-1/2" across and 1-1/8" high
One day soon I'll source out a new rotating mechanism for it and return this piece to it's intended use.
(4 votes)
Re: Aldo Londi
Your photo does the piece great justice.
Re: Aldo Londi
It's a work of art!
I'd hang it on the wall. Bet it looks great on top of a mid century buffet.
Re: Aldo Londi
It's a beautiful piece! I don't know much about Londi or Bitossi, but when I looked at this piece I thought it was a clock face -- there are twelve points marked on the perimeter --and wondered if the rotating mechanism was for the hands? Just a thought.
Re: Aldo Londi
Londi and Nelson did have a couple clock combos for Howard Miller in the late 1960s in collaboration with Bitossi Studios. The hands were Nelson, and some have said more specifically by Irving Harper. I believe mcm.indigo is correct. You have a clock blank, and a nice one.
Re: Aldo Londi
Now that I look at it you guys are absolutely right, this design most certainly could have been used as the face of a clock but I don't think that this particular piece was ever a clock as the center was never drilled. Now I'm going to have to examine whatever info is available on the meridian clocks to see if this was ever one of the faces...
Re: Aldo Londi
Well that wasn't very hard to track down.
This design was one of the meridian clock faces.
Re: Aldo Londi
An incredible clock face! That could be from a Tunisan/Roman museum - what wide stylistic appeal. It's beautiful, as is. As a clock it will be over the top!
Re: Aldo Londi
Very nice. I think this is a table top acually. Check this link
http://sultana.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_item_detail.php?id=261603
Hope you find the base soon. Meanwhile I would hang it on the wall.
Re: Aldo Londi
1stdibs says 17 inch. This is smaller. Also, both show different form numbers.
Re: Aldo Londi
The Sultana 1stdibs listing cites the diameter at 14.5" which is identicle to the piece I have. It's a tabletop alright (when not drilled in the center for a clock). Still think I might source out a rotating mechanism and make it into a Lazy Susan after all :-)