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"The Best From Top Italian Designers at Salone del Mobile\nItalian designers took center stage at last month's Salone del Mobile in Milan, debuting a colorful mix of home furnishings and accessories\nBottega Veneta creative director Tomas Maier offered several additions to the brand's home line, including streamlined velvet sofas and floor lamps.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Bottega Veneta\nOther new creations include a low bookcase, a round cocktail table, and a sawhorse table (not shown), all offered in four varieties of oak and inset with meticulous leather details.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Bottega Veneta\nBottega Veneta's silver flatware is now available in an antique brunito finish, where both metals in the platinum family are combined to create a dark effect over a sterling silver base.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Bottega Veneta\nThe Murano-glass stemware collection comes in a new smoky hue.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Bottega Veneta\nEtro opened a new home store in a 19th-century palazzo on Via Pontaccio, at a busy intersection in Milan's Brera district.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Etro Home\nThe stunning renovation included the preservation of the building's original barrel-vaulted ceilings as well as the installation of Venetian terrazzo floors.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Etro Home\nEtro's trademark colorful paisleys are brought to life as upholstery for sofas and club chairs, and as a patterned surface, encased within Plexiglas tables and accessories.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Etro Home\nThe brand's celebrated fabrics, pillows, bed linens, and throws are displayed alongside new home furnishings.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Etro Home\nMarni presented a collection called Animal House, their third in a series of collaborations with a women's artisan collective from Colombia.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Marni\nA colorful group of flamingos, donkeys, ostriches, giraffes, rabbits, and ducks, all handmade of PVC-wrapped metal, was shown near Marni's rocking chairs, benches, side tables, and chaise longues.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Marni\nAsymmetry was the unifying theme of this year's project, with multihued chairs and benches mixing with tables to create unique pieces.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Marni\nThe clever presentation took place in Marni's showroom, which is housed in a 1920s factory.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Marni\nGrande dame of the house that bears her name, Rosita Missoni presented new and updated patterns for pillows, cushions, and sofas. Shown is a pouf in the Kew fabric.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of MissoniHome\nA cushion in the black-and-white chevron motif, Nossen.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of MissoniHome\nThe black-and-white Pretoria pattern is part of the outdoor collection.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of MissoniHome\nAmong the floor coverings was this multicolor hand-knotted wool path rug in the Pritzwalk pattern.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of MissoniHome\nThe striped Prescott pattern was shown on pillows and poufs.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of MissoniHome\nUber-brand Prada took the occasion to showcase Danish designer Verner Panton's Clover Leaf sofa in several colors in their Via Montenapoleone showroom.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Prada\nShown in emerald-green, the modular sofa system was created in 1970 and has been reissued for Prada by manufacturer Verpan.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Prada\nThe twisting sofas will make appearances in select Prada boutiques around the globe.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Prada"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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