Angelucci 20thCentury

On Smith Street in Fitzroy, a run of mid-20th century furniture and lighting fills a showroom that Dean Angelucci has been building since 1992, when he opened his first vintage store in nearby Prahran. The focus sits squarely in the 1950s and 60s: International Style case pieces, Scandinavian Modern chairs, sideboards and lamps chosen for the quiet integrity of their design rather than decorative flourish. As local supply thinned, Angelucci widened his sourcing net to France, Italy and Scandinavia around the mid-2000s, and every piece that arrives is restored in the workshop behind the shop before it goes on the floor. Alongside the original vintage stock, the business also produces its own bespoke Slimline and Hollywood lounge ranges made in Melbourne, and a locally made version of the 1938 Butterfly Chair in stainless steel and powdercoat finishes. It is a shop built by someone who has spent three decades looking closely at twentieth century design, and it shows in the editing: nothing feels arbitrary, and nothing feels like filler.