Gallotti&Radice Admira Prestige storage cabinet
Silvia Gallotti designed Admira Prestige for Gallotti&Radice, a tall storage cabinet that treats its doors as a luminous surface. The carcass is lacquered wood, while the doors and back panels are tempered extralight glass laid with metal leaf by hand. Standing 120 centimetres on each side at the front, it holds books, glassware or objects behind a glass face that catches the light.
Description
Design Inspiration & Philosophy
Silvia Gallotti builds Admira Prestige on a contrast between weight and shine. The lacquered wood carcass is solid and grounded, while the doors and back panels shimmer, finished in tempered extralight glass covered in metal leaf through a process the brand keeps in house. Applied by hand, the surface holds fine, irregular variation, and light moves across it as the viewer shifts position. The cabinet stores and displays at once, a quiet container that also performs.
Metal Leaf Doors
The doors and back panels are the heart of the piece. Each is made from 6 millimetre tempered extralight glass and covered, by hand, in aluminium leaf in the tone “Saturno Siderale”, in gold leaf, or in copper leaf called “Rosso Marte”. The handcraft leaves a warm, slightly uneven metallic depth that a machined finish cannot reach. It sits behind the panels, protected by them.
Glass Finishes
Beyond the metal leaf, the doors come in two further treatments. One sets the extralight glass with a ceramic effect, a glossy brushed polyester in the colour “Terra di Borgogna”. The other, a total colour version, finishes the front to match the carcass exactly. Each keeps the same form and proportions, so the choice is one of mood, from reflective and handworked to flat and tonal.
Interior and Shelves
Inside, the cabinet holds two shelves in 8 millimetre tempered extralight glass as standard, clear enough to keep the interior open and the contents in view. Shaped shelves in the same material can be made to order for a particular arrangement. Set against the metal leaf doors, objects on the transparent shelves appear to rest in mid air, lit by whatever the leaf reflects.
Finishes and Configurations
Admira Prestige is specified through the colour of its structure and the treatment of its doors.
– Lacquered wood structure in ten colours: “Bianco Camargue”, “Beige Matera”, “Sabbia del Nilo”, “Rosa Jaipur”, “Rosso Persia”, “Bordeaux Etruria”, “Verde Provenza”, “Blu Pacifico”, “Grigio Londra”, “Nero Giza”
– Doors in extralight glass with aluminium leaf “Saturno Siderale”, gold leaf, or copper leaf “Rosso Marte”
– Ceramic effect doors in glossy brushed polyester, in the colour “Terra di Borgogna”
– Total colour doors in lacquered glass, matched to the structure exactly
– Two shelves in 8 millimetre extralight glass as standard, shaped shelves to order
– Dimensions of 120 by 51.5 by 120 cm, length by width by height
Perfect For
– Living and dining rooms wanting a storage piece that doubles as a lit focal point
– Collectors showing glassware or ceramics on clear shelves behind the glass doors
– Interiors matched to a scheme, with ten structure colours and three door finishes
– Rooms needing vertical storage on a shallow footprint, the cabinet 120 cm tall
– Premium hospitality environments featuring bespoke suites and cohesive interior detailing
– Clients seeking exclusivity through one-of-a-kind pieces with distinctive character
Admira Prestige stores a collection and displays it at once. The handworked leaf catches the light, and the solid structure holds it steady, a cabinet that performs as it stores.
