Billiani
Cortina 861
An homage to traditional Alpine heritage, reimagined with a contemporary twist. For the Cortina Collection, Fabrizio Gallinaro started from the idea of combining the base of a classic Alpine chair with the curved shell typical of modern Scandi-inspired armchairs. The result of this experimentation is a collection with a Nordic aesthetic and curved lines, whose name celebrates the Queen of the Dolomites, an iconic location in the Italian mountains at the crossroads between myth and legend, nature and culture, tradition and glamour. The chair features a curved, enveloping backrest, while the armchair features a wooden armrest fixed to the seat, onto which the fabric backrest is mounted. A construction detail with a handcrafted feel that reflects Billiani’s woodworking expertise.
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We have produced wooden chairs in Italy for over a century, in a region of small specialized workshops where the culture of wood has deep roots.
The Billiani company was founded in 1911 to produce chairs in curved wood with caning. In 2019 Cristina Celestino, an architect and designer based in Milan, was appointed as the company’s artistic director. The chair is still a central focus, as is the material: wood, the true leitmotif of the collection.
Fabrizio Gallinaro
Fabrizio Gallinaro was born in 1966 and graduated in architecture in Venice in 1994. He started out alongside Werther Toffoloni before setting up on his own in Udine as an industrial designer and architect, working for furniture makers such as Potocco and Varaschin and, since 2001, on interior projects in Russia, Spain and France.
His awards include the Young & Design prize in Milan in 2001 and 2002. For Billiani he reinterpreted the Windsor chair as W. in 2014, adding lounge and rocking versions a year later, and in 2025 he designed Cortina, an homage to Alpine heritage.
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