The Bombé is still today the most successful tea and coffee set sold by Alessi, and it was Carlo Alessis (Gravellona 1916) last design. He trained as an industrial designer at Novara, and joined the factory at a very early age. He was the man behind most of the designs that became part of our catalogues in the 30s and 40s.
The Bombé is emblematic of the companys development from being a craftsman-based enterprise (using lathes) to an industrial concern (using presses). Made of silver-plated brass between 1946 and 1959, and chrome-plated brass between 1946 and 1965, it has been produced in stainless steel since 1965 (with a break between 1973 and 1983), and in E.P.S.S. since 1983.

Carlo Alessi Born in Granerolo (Vb) in 1916. He studied design at the Istituto OMAR in Novara and in the early '30s, when still very young, he joined his father's business. Around the middle '30s he designed many Alessi objects among which "The Octagonal Tea and Coffee set", "Scalini", "The Cilindrico tea and coffee service" and "The Bombé tea and coffee service". Towards the end of the '40s he became the company's general manager. Today he is Alessi president.