Pre-owned Kartell furniture

HFOC is Australia's premier marketplace for pre-owned designer furniture, and we frequently list authentic second-hand Kartell pieces. Browse chairs, stools and tables from the Milanese house that made plastic a serious design material, including Philippe Starck's transparent Louis Ghost chair. Each piece is priced well below buying new.

About Kartell

Giulio Castelli founded Kartell in 1949, and it began life making automobile accessories. It moved into home furnishings in 1963, the year of Joe Colombo's Model 4801 armchair. The company is based in Noviglio, near Milan, and is led by chairman and CEO Claudio Luti.

Anna Castelli Ferrieri's work, including her stool and chair, did much to make Kartell's name. Later, Philippe Starck gave the brand its best-known silhouettes, among them the transparent Louis Ghost and the red Victoria Ghost chairs, as well as the Masters chair, which he designed with Eugeni Quitllet. Ferruccio Laviani, the current designer, has taken the house in a more ornamental direction, a style dubbed 'Bourgiemania'. Kartell opened its first US store on Greene Street, New York, in 1998. It's the sort of plastic that rather improves the room.

Why buy Kartell second-hand? Kartell's pieces are light, durable and easy to move, which makes them well suited to second life in a new home. Buying through HFOC gets you the original at a price well below retail. Delivery is available across all Australian metros.

Sell your Kartell furniture

Have a Louis Ghost chair or other Kartell piece you no longer need? Sell with us and we'll list it to buyers who are already searching for it.