Fidelio Cabinet
When designing the
Fidelio series (Low Cabinet, High Cabinet and Mobile Bar), Roberto Lazzeroni opted for a
deliberately clean design combined with precious materials: formal simplicity
and sophisticated finishes for a versatile collection that is easy to combine
with all other Poltrona Frau furnishings. The functional details become highly
distinctive aesthetic elements, like the recessed handles on the surfaces.
There is also the intense contrast between the warm, dark tones of the
saddle-leather and wood that covers the exteriors, and the luminous explosion
of the light natural maple that reveals itself in the compartments. The
collection includes the Low Cabinet, the High Cabinet and the Fidelio Mobile Bar. The supporting
structure is in solid ash and birch plywood with moka-coloured ash veneer on
the outside. The extra light natural maple wood brightens the interior. The doors
are in birch plywood and poplar with the insides veneered in moka-stained ash
for the Fidelio Low Cabinet and
extra light natural cut maple wood in the Fidelio High Cabinet. The edging of the doors is produced
from solid ash in a moka stain. The top is available in moka-stained ash, in
glossy or semi-glossy Calacatta gold marble and in glossy Emperador marble. The
sawhorse base, in moka-stained solid ash with triangular cross-section, adds to
the light feel of the design. The base is fixed to the structure with
cylindrical spacers in matt black painted steel. The adjustable steel feet have
rubber caps. Fine saddle-leather is used to upholster the sides, doors, inside
drawers and, on request, the back of the cabinet. Choice between tone-on-tone
or contrast stitching. The inside of the Fidelio Mobile Bar is designed to
lighten up when the doors are opened. The back wall of the cabinet is covered
with two bronzed mirrors.
About Designer | |
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Roberto Lazzeroni |
Roberto Lazzeroni was born in
Pisa. He studied art and architecture in Florence, taking an increasing
personal interest in the phenomena of conceptual art and radical design during
his years of training. He débuted professionally in the early 1980s with a
series of important 'Interior Architecture' works that were immediately noticed
and published by both Italian and international magazines.
Roberto
Lazzeroni has enjoyed an extremely dynamic professional journey that today sees
him involved in various projects, and able to boast prestigious collaborations,
art direction and interior and contract design in various parts of the world.
Awards include: Tecniques Discretes (Paris, 1991), Conran Foundation Museum,
(London, 1992), Elegant Techniques, (Chicago, 1992), La Fabbrica Estetica,
(Paris, 1993), Dall'Albergo alla Nave, (Genoa, 1993), Costruire il mobile,
(Milan 1999). |