Midi Queen – Optical

The Midi Queen arrives on any surface like a chess player mid-game — quietly precise, immediately noticed. This mid-scale sculpture from Baci Milano's Optical collection renders the crowned silhouette of the chess queen in durable polyresin, its curved form wrapped in a strict black-and-white op-art grid that rewards a second look as much as the first.

Optical's design premise is a discipline: only black, only white, only geometry. The checkerboard pattern running across the Queen's curved body shifts as you move around it — flat from one angle, hinting at real depth from another. The visual game mirrors chess itself: strategic, layered, never entirely settled. Italian design meets mid-century op-art in a single sculptural object, conceived at Casa Baci in Milan.

In Dubai homes and hospitality spaces that lean toward bold, graphic aesthetics — contemporary villas, executive offices, design-forward hotel lobbies — the Midi Queen works as a focused accent within a larger shelf composition, or holds its own alone on a narrow console table. Pair it with the Horse Head in the opposing colorway for a chess-match dialogue on the same surface.