Custom listing 3 Dutch Ovens. #26, #23, and #20.

A Rare matte black Enamel Le Creuset designed by Enzo Mari in the early 70’s. This piece is extremely hard to find. Makes not only a collectible but a piece you will use for decades.

Le Creuset Round Dutch Oven #23

Born in 1932 in Novara, Italy, Mari went on to become one of the greatest Italian designers of the 20th century. It is hard to sum up Mari’s work as he created a huge number of designs and worked on a huge number of projects in a huge range of materials.

that is what Enzo Mari is all about, great design that lasts and works for the consumer. Mari worked for Le Creuset in 1972 designing the ‘Mama’ range with its distinctive handle shape.

“Mari believed that ‘ethics is the goal of every project’. He didn’t want to create objects, he wanted to create models for a different society, for a different way of producing and living. The aim was to have people become part of the project itself: to free the others from the passive role of consumer, because the project is not a form to contemplate or to be consumed, but an instrument of transformation that requires the active participation of a community, made aware by knowledge.”

Francesca Giacomelli.

Overall this piece is in excellent shape, hardly any signs of use. I have kept these pieces in great care but I’m ready to pass them on. You will love cooking with these functional pieces of art.