G Salvatori and A Bazzini

Studio Salvatori (G. Salvatori & A. Bazzini) for Sormani, table lamp, model 'Cartesio', metal, silkscreened plexiglass, Italy, 1971 Impressive table lamp, designed by Studio Salvatori for Sormani. This 'Cartesio' table lamp features warm filtered light formed by two crossing plates in silk-screened transparent plexiglass. Two perforated sheet metal cubes contain the light source that highlight the playful pink pattern of curvaceous lines in a subtle manner. This artistic lamp is a great example of the technical advances in lamp design in Italy, starting in the late 1960s. It represents an imaginative response to the availability of translucent plexiglass sheets. The use of plexiglass opened a whole new range of possibilities in the field of lamp design. The material has the transparent quality of glass, while at the same time being less fragile and therefore less dangerous for use. It also has a very specific way of transmitting the light, which appears to be passing through the sheet slower than through glass. Together with the almost hallucinating pattern in the plexiglass that is lit from below by bulbs, this lamp has hypnotizing qualities. The family-owned company Sormani was established in 1961 in the northern Italian town of Arosio. At the end of the sixties, the firm distinguished itself by its avant-garde furniture and furnishings in plastics. Richard Neagle was among the first using vacuum...

1970s Kinetic Lucite engraved lamp with chromed steel base. Designed by Salvadori & Bazzini for Sormani, Arditi, Italy. Great condition.