ALDO CIBIC 1980 RARE MEMPHIS MILAN TOTEM PEPPER GRINDER TWERGI PEUGEOT

VERY RARE TOTEM PEPPER GRINDER DESIGNED BY ALDO CIBIC. AN EXCEPTIONAL SCULPTURAL PIECE FROM THE MILANESE MEMPHIS MOVEMENT. TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED IN ITALY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1980'S, CONCEIVED AS A DECORATIVE TOTEM CARVED IN BLACK WOOD.

THE GRINDER MOVEMENT WAS CRAFTED IN SOLID STAINLESS STEEL 18/10 AND MANUFACTURED BY THE FRENCH CAR COMPANY PEUGEOT FRERES, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LYON FRANCE.

THE CARVING OF THE WOOD AND ALL ASSEMBLING WAS HAND MADE IN ITALY BY THE COMMISSION OF THE TWERGI DESIGNING COMPANY. 

THIS PIECE HAS A HEIGHT OF 12 INCHES AND A DIAMETER OF 3 INCHES. VERY RARE PIECE WITH GREAT EYE APPEAL, AN IMPRESSIVE AND POPULAR DESIGN THAT WORK FOR FUNCTIONAL AND DECORATIVE PURPOSE.

ALDO CIVIC WAS BORN IN VICENZA, ITALY IN THE 1955. IN THE 1977 HE STARTED WORKING WITH ETTORE SOTTSASS, BECOMING HIS PARTNER IN THE 1980, THE FOLLOWING YEAR MARKED THE CREATION OF MEMPHIS, OF WHICH CIBIC WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS. 

PERFECT VINTAGE CONDITION, NO DENTS OR MARKS ON THE WOOD.

INVENTORY REF: P0000MNNZ/.1111