Cortina transforms the surface of the handle through a fashionable all-over relief. Inspired by celebrated holiday destinations and international jet-set culture, the textured pattern creates a refined and contemporary mise en place.
18/10 stainless steel. Monobloc / solid-handle table knives. The carefully finished stainless steel brings clarity to the collection’s lines, proportions and decorative details, creating a refined play of light across the table.
When designing for the table, the focus is balance, restraint and the feeling of holding something that already belongs in your hand.
Cortina brings texture into the essential six-person table setting. Across knife, fork, spoon and tea spoon, the double-sided relief repeats from guest to guest, giving the table a tactile rhythm as well as a visual one. The collection is not simply about how stainless steel looks, but about what the fingers discover when each piece is lifted.
Because Sambonet deliberately looked to the comfort of winter knitwear for inspiration. The relief gives the steel a patterned, tactile surface that recalls the warmth and familiarity of a handmade textile, creating an unusual contrast between a soft reference and a precise metal object.
The relief is formed directly during the moulding of each piece rather than being added only to the visible face. This means the texture follows the object wherever the hand meets it. Cortina's most distinctive visual detail therefore also becomes part of the physical experience of using the cutlery.
Yes. One Cortina piece introduces a tactile detail; repeated across six complete settings, the relief begins to behave like a material theme around the entire table. Light and shadow catch differently across each patterned handle, giving the setting depth without adding separate decorative objects.
Sambonet explicitly presents Cortina as a collection for a table conceived from the cutlery outward. Its pronounced relief gives the pieces enough visual identity to become the starting point for porcelain, glassware and linen rather than a finishing detail added afterwards. In the 24-piece set, that idea is repeated consistently across all six guests.
