MILAN – Aldo Spinelli, co-founder of Italian design firm Poliform, famous for its marble tables, plush seating and fine cabinetry, has died, Poliform said Friday.
A spokesperson for the company said its offices would be closed Friday.
Based in the heart of Brianza, the northern Italian furniture district, the company was founded by Spinelli, and his cousins Alberto Spinelli and Giovanni Anzani in 1970.
Aldo Spinelli was born in Inverigo, a town near Como, in 1948. In 2010, he was named a knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
In April, it was announced that Anzani had handed the reins as chief executive officer to Aldo Spinelli’s son Marco, who now leads the family-run firm alongside his cousins, including Poliform’s U.S. CEO and president Laura Anzani, daughter of Giovanni Anzani.
