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Eclisse Lamp By Vico Magistretti For Artemide

Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1967. This Eclipse table lamp designed by Vico
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Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1967
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
This Eclisse table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti features a rotating inner white shade that
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Pair of eclisse lamps designed by Vico Magistretti in 1965 for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
The eclisse lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti in 1965. The design won the Compasso d’Oro Award
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Table / wall lamp, model Eclisse by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Amstelveen, NL
back of a ticket. It went in production in 1966. You can find the Artemide Eclisse table lamp in the
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Artemide Eclisse Table E12 Table Lamp in Orange by Vico Magistretti
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Hicksville, NY
An icon of Italian industrial design, Eclisse can provide direct or diffuse light. Inspired by a
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Artemide Eclisse Table E12 Table Lamp in White by Vico Magistretti
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
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An icon of Italian industrial design, Eclisse can provide direct or diffuse light. Inspired by a
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Pair of Original Eclisse Lamps, Vico Magistretti, Artemide, 60s
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Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Two Iconic Eclisse Lamps designed by Vico Magistretti are a testament to timeless elegance and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Dalu Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in London, GB
This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Mid-century Vintage Red Dalù Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
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This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Eclipse Table Lamps by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Porto, Porto
Eclisse Table Lamp designed by Vico Magistretti, for Artemide Milano. Symbol of Italian design in
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Eclipse Table Lamps by Vico Magistretti
Eclipse Table Lamps by Vico Magistretti
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Set 4x seats + low table “Vicario” by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Hoegaarden, BE
Domestic Landscape" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Vico Magistretti, Italian architect and
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with products like Eclisse (1967, from Vico Magistretti), Tolomeo (1989, from Michele De Lucchi and
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Vico Magistretti Samarcanda Sideboard in Black Wood and Skai by Poggi 1970s
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Pendant Lamp “Delta” by Sergio Mazza for Artemide 60s, 70s
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Eclisse lamp, designed by Vico Magistretti. This award is followed by many others, nationally and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Glass Pendant Lamp “Kappa” Model by Sergio Mazza for Artemide 60s
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Eclisse Lamp By Vico Magistretti For Artemide For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic eclisse lamp by vico magistretti for artemide available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, plastic and iron, every eclisse lamp by vico magistretti for artemide was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the eclisse lamp by vico magistretti for artemide you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each eclisse lamp by vico magistretti for artemide bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Eclisse Lamp By Vico Magistretti For Artemide?

The average selling price for a eclisse lamp by vico magistretti for artemide at 1stDibs is $278, while they’re typically $172 on the low end and $778 for the highest priced.

Vico Magistretti for sale on 1stDibs

As one of the founding fathers of modern Italian design, prolific architect and industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti (known by his nickname Vico) was guided by his philosophy, “There is no excuse for bad design.” His architectural projects are widely revered, and an ingenious meld of form and function can be found in his stylish and deceptively simple table lamps, sofas, armchairs and other mid-century furnishings.

Born in Milan, Magistretti followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather (both architects) to study architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Switzerland, and it was there he met his role model and mentor, renowned humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Magistretti was inspired by Rogers’s vision to revive postwar Italy, and they collaborated on several reconstruction projects. Among Magistretti’s first architectural designs is a “poetic” round church, which he created for the QT8, an experimental Milanese neighborhood.

When Magistretti returned to Milan in 1945, he worked at his father’s architectural firm. It wasn’t until the early 1950s that he expanded his talents into design while working with furniture artisans.

In the 1960s, Magistretti began his 30-year working relationship with famed entrepreneur Cesare Cassina of the Cassina furniture manufacturing company. In their design approach, the two men shared a vision of the relationship between modernity and tradition and enjoyed a close bond (Magistretti designed Cassina’s luxurious villa in 1965). However, their friendship was not without contention.

Legend has it that upon seeing the prototype for Magistretti’s Maralunga sofa, Cassina hated it so much that he punched it, breaking the back of the sofa, which crumpled into itself.

“Right, great, it looks perfect to me like that,” an unfazed Magistretti allegedly responded, and the Maralunga’s slumped, adjustable-height backrest was born. Incidentally, the Maralunga sofa won Italy’s Compasso d’Oro award as did his Eclisse lamp for Artemide and his Atollo lamp for Oluce.

Magistretti died in 2006, but his designs live on in galleries, museums and private residences and offices around the world.

Find a range of vintage Vico Magistretti furniture and lighting on 1stDibs.

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