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Summer – the art of weaving the threads of time.

Summer is a dilated time: it’s relaxation, at home or on the edge of a wood, or even by the shoreline. Summer is a lost time, threads of memory that intertwine and become memory.

Weaving is the watchword of the season: crochet is not just a hobby to take on holiday but a constant mood that accompanies every suggestion.

The magic of manual weaving and crochet is not in the fiber of the fabric, but in the spaces. It is the empty spaces that fascinate, because it is in the meshes of time that the most precious memories lurk.

Embroidery is also an art of this season. It takes time and manual skill to create something precious, inspired by nature and its wonderful creatures. On the precious fabric, the artist’s inspiration comes to life, thread after thread. A slow magic that never ceases to fascinate.

How different perspectives can change a single piece of furniture

Each choice leads to different roads, different moods, totally different journeys.
By choosing among the SALDA finishes and fabrics, we have made the same piece of furniture live three parallel and different lives. 
See how a finish can make a piece of furniture more classic or contemporary.

We were inspired by our heritage to give the piece of furniture a totally new look: a dip into the archive and a remnant of precious fabric was enough to do the magic.

Transforming the same cabinet into a classic piece or a contemporary piece requires great skill, but above all faithfulness to the original design. 

Look how a different fabric and a different treatment can switch the mood: diversity must be exalted, not hidden.

Among the rainforests and mysterious lands of Borneo springs the Makassar, a fine black ebony with brown streaks: the quintessence of nature and beauty.

And it is precisely Makassar that stars in the elliptical table and console signed by SALDA artisans: pieces inspired by the 1950s and shaped by hand with infinite skill.

Complex shapes are a challenge our craftsmen are not afraid of: the columnar stand is the distinguishing mark of these pieces and it is covered with liquid bronze lacquer.

It takes more than a month and the work of several professionals – carvers, cabinet makers, lacquer workers, vanishers – to create a unique piece. The latest jewel of Salda’s cabinet making, the ultimate in luxury.

Customize your piece: console, elliptical table, round table, table with twin pillars. The choice is yours.

In recent times we hear a lot of talk about AI, artificial intelligence. We are sure that technology can make humanity grow in medicine, science and many areas.

But what about art? And what about the craftsmanship, the details?

In a time when man increasingly turns to technology for all kinds of activities, creative activities included, SALDA wants to rediscover what is most surprising, contemporary and ingenious: the ancient wisdom of craftsmanship.

This is the world of SALDA AI, that doesn’t stand for Artificial Intelligence but Artisanal Intelligence. A world made of ancient gestures repeated for centuries, handed down, reinterpreted and made modern but always faithful to their mission: the creation of unique, personal, unmistakable furniture.

We want to bring at Index Dubai 2023 the vision we spread at Salone del Mobile Milano: we want to share and celebrate with you the authenticity of imperfection, but also the power of perfection: the human gesture, in fact, is also capable of creating flawless pieces.

For us, it is really a huge privilege to bring you the ideas we shared during the Salone del Mobile Milano and to rediscover, together, the intelligence hidden in the hand gesture.

We can’t wait to see you in Dubai!

In recent times we hear a lot of talk about AI, artificial intelligence. We are not surprised by this, and we are sure, after all, that technology can take us by leaps and bounds in so many areas, medicine and science foremost among them.

But what about art? The craftsmanship? The pursuit of detail?

At SALDA we have been wondering about the role of machines for a long time: the result is a Manifesto, which we will bring to the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

“We invest in human talent, not in the speed of machines.”

In a time when man increasingly turns to technology for all kinds of activities, creative activities included, SALDA wants to rediscover what is most surprising, contemporary and ingenious: the ancient wisdom of craftsmanship.

This is the world of AI, that doesn’t stand for Artificial Intelligence but Artisanal Intelligence. A world made of ancient gestures repeated for centuries, handed down, reinterpreted and made modern but always faithful to their mission: the creation of unique, personal, unmistakable furniture.

At Salone del Mobile Milano we will celebrate the authenticity of imperfection, but also the power of perfection: the human gesture, in fact, is also capable of creating flawless pieces.

Ready to join our new Humanism?

Meet Salda at Salone del Mobile Milano
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April has arrived and SALDA is about to get to High Point Market, the largest fair in the home furnishing sector in the world hosted every year, in April, in the USA.

With us we will bring the most significant side of our way of being: the ability to represent Italian craftsmanship at its best.

We have chosen among our furniture some of the pieces that best represent the double soul of SALDA, classic and contemporary, focusing on fine materials and craftsmanship, both strictly Made in Italy.

Only the craftsmanship handed down for generations, in fact, can sublimate the most beautiful and rare materials and transform them into finishes and furnishings worthy of expressing the lifestyle of those who choose them.

Marbles, brasses, handcrafted finishes such as the exclusive “straw marquetry”, made with straw strands that are soaked with colored vegetable oils: everything speaks of luxury and manual skill. Unmistakably SALDA.

Click here to discover products from our High Point Market editions.

Charming and with an antique flavour, the shellac lacquer antiqued finish never ceases to surprise and attract the eye. Characteristic of the shellac lacquer is the brilliance which, as a standard, is 60 gloss. A yellowish brown bituminous film is spread over the colour, which avoids the colour being too homogeneous accentuating its chiaroscuro.

The stripping carried out on prominent surfaces and on shapes and carvings allows the colour of the wood to emerge.
Let’s follow all the steps of this fascinating process together!

Step 1 – The lacquered furniture arrives in the workshop. The stripping stage begins, a treatment that is done with a solvent and gives the furniture an antique effect

Step 2 – Through a dye the color of the furniture changes from optical white to a softer white, a cream shade that gives an additional sense of antiquity

Step 3 – Finally, with a darker dye, the antiquing is enhanced on all the details.

The furniture is now ready to be delivered!

Some call it the Winter Garden, some call it conservatory, or Orangerie or lemon house. The fact remains that the Jardin d’Hiver, with its large windows and its subtle and delicate structures, is a constant inspiration of style.

We may not be able to transform our Orangerie into a work of art overflowing with water lilies, like Claude Monet did in Paris, but we can steal inspiration directly from Italian and French villas and bring a touch of joie de vivre to our suspended space between outside and inside, between winter cold and the warmth of scented citrus fruits.

We can, for example, furnish our bright space with a precious console, or recreate a corner with armchairs where we can enjoy leaf tea. Leafing through the works of Virginia Woolf or, why not, delighting us with a tray of cream pastries.

Soft colors and airy fabrics complete the scene. Perhaps you hear birds singing?

It seems that the trend palette of 2022/2023 does not include the combination of several different colors, but the color block.

Total blue, total yellow, total pink: the point is going total, choosing the color that best represents you and let it talk about you and your uniqueness.

It is now a fact: the one-color-block aesthetic has surpassed the rainbow palettes, giving space to the monochromatic attitude, characterized by a strong personality and assertive elegance.

What is the color that best suits your lifestyle? Benjamin Moore is a point of reference in the field of furniture and design for color trends. Take inspiration from the color chosen for 2023, Raspberry Blush: a vivacious shade of coral tinged with pink which enlivens the senses with an electric optimism.

Do you prefer blue, instead? Take inspiration from the peacock blue color block at Jardin Majorelle, one of the last residences of the designer Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech.
A color between ultramarine and cobalt, bright and radiant.

Find your own inspiration.

The magic starts here: after having spread the water-based dye on the product to give color to the wood, the first step is the application of the “patina”.

This film enters the pores so as to bring out the grains, highlighting the material and accentuating the differences, the shading, the chiaroscuro.

A transparent varnish is applied.
The paint is then dabbed with extreme care.

The third step involves the use of beeswax to give a touch of lived-in look to the finish.

The beeswax is then spread further and gently dried with a cloth.

Finally, the last step: the powder is distributed over the furniture, giving it its splendid final appearance.