Milan's Salone del Mobile could move from its regular April slot and take place in September next year, Dezeen has learned.
The move would see the fair, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2021, staged in the autumn for the first time since 1989.
Salone del Mobile, the largest and most important furniture show in the world and the anchor event of Milan's design week, is understood to be concerned that a fair in April would once again be disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Many countries now experiencing a second wave of Covid-19 infections that is expected to last through the winter and into spring 2021, throwing next year's calendar of fairs into doubt.
This year, Salone del Mobile was initially moved from April to June due to the pandemic before being cancelled altogether for the first time in its history. Next year's fair is currently scheduled to take place from 14 to 18 April 2021. "Salone del Mobile will take place in 2021"
Organisers are understood to have been considering for some months whether to move the 2021 fair to either June or September, with September emerging as the preferred choice.
Salone del Mobile spokesperson Patrizia Malfatta confirmed that a change of date is being considered.

"We can confirm is that the Salone del Mobile will take place in 2021," she said.
"The question about the possibility that the fair could move from April to some later months in the year, that's still open."
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