Toni Cordero "Anchise" Lamp for Artemide

About the Item

Unusual, extraordinary and exciting floor lamp by Toni Cordero. Very interesting combination of different materials. Toni Cordero was born in Lanzo Torinese in 1937. He took his architecture degree in Turin, and in 1962 opened his first design office. His architectural work includes Turin’s ”Delle Alpi” stadium with the collaboration of Hutter, Ossola and Majowiecki, a building based on advanced timber technology in Turin’s Mandria Park in 1997 and the Staff International factory in Noventa-Vicenza in 1996. Among his many important interior design projects we can cite: the Olivetti head offices in Ivrea (1997); the chain of Kenzo boutiques in Europe and the USA (1981); the renovation of the Gio Ponti Montecatini building in Milan, and the conversion of a London place of worship into an apartment hotel and gallery; the 1983 restorations of the Hotel Splendido in Portofino and the Hotel Marini in Via del Tritone in Rome; the 1984 restoration of the former Banco Mediceo del Filarete building, in via dei Bossi in Milan; the boardrooms of the Fiat head offices in Corso Marconi in Turin (1986); the project for remodelling and extending the Turin Automobile Museum (1987); the Blumarine boutique in via della Spiga in Milan and the CP Company store in New York (1989); the Alberto Biani shop in Paris (1990); the renovation of the New York Industries offices and showroom in Milan (1994).

Creator:

Artemide (Manufacturer),Toni Cordero (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 79.93 in (203 cm)Diameter: 17.33 in (44 cm)

Style:

Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass,Bronze,Chrome

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1990-1999

Date of Manufacture:

1990

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Berlin, DE

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU983128647702

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Artemide is an iconic firm in the design world. The mid-century Italian company is one of the best known lighting manufacturers and its award-winning fixtures are held in museum collections everywhere. Vintage Artemide table lamps, pendants, ceiling lamps and other lighting represent a thoughtful merge between functionalism and eye-catching design.

Artemide, which is based in Pregnana, was founded by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in 1959. During that year, Mazza created the first table lamp for the manufacturer — a modernist work in glass, marble and metal that he called the Alfa. Gismondi, who studied aeronautical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan and missile engineering at Rome’s Professional School of Engineering, applied his knowledge of cutting edge technology and materials such as fiberglass resin to Artemide’s designs for lighting and furniture.

In 1967, Artemide won Italy’s Compasso d'Oro design award for its Eclisse table lamp, which was designed by Vico Magistretti two years earlier. Other award-winning fixtures include the Tizio table lamp designed by Richard Sapper and the Tolomeo table lamp.

Designed by Michele de Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, the Tolomeo featured the patented George Carwardine mechanism used in the original Anglepoise lamp. De Lucchi would later be recruited to join visionary postmodern design collective the Memphis Group. Artemide’s Gismondi purchased the brand after founder Ettore Sottsass dismantled the collective in 1988, and it was bought by Alberto Bianchi Albrici in 1996.

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