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Italian Leaded Glass & Brass Monumental Mid-Century Chandelier, Gaetano Sciolari

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Italian Leaded Glass & Brass Monumental Mid-Century Chandelier, Gaetano Sciolari . Stunning Sciolari chandelier with his trademark long crystal hanging rods mounted on brass fixtures interspersed with elegant geometric chains of glimmering French cut crystal squares. The removable crystal rods defuse the light of each small bulb making the whole chandelier glow. Monumental. It holds approximately 50 candelabra bulbs. Please see condition details below. While Sciolari Lighting has been circa 1892, it was their most famous offspring Gaetano Sciolari who went on to design for Italian manufacturer Stilnovo in the 1950s. Angelo Gaetano Sciolari (1927-1994), renowned Italian entrepeneur and designer, would not have engaged himself in the world of lighting if it hadn’t been for his father’s premature death. After graduating from the Faculty of Architecture, Sciolari began training as a film director however, after the death of his father in 1949, the 22 year old took over the family business. Although this new position meant a complete career change, Gaetano directed the company with great vision. Within a few years, he expanded the family business. In 1954 the company won an international lighting and design competition. A major milestone included the exclusive distribution of American Lightolier products making Sciolari the first Italian manufacturer of lamps sold in the US and therefore the biggest importer in the lighting market. Sciolari's first designs were Atom inspired pendants, but in the 1960s he shifted to conventional chandelier forms like the Neoclassical Sciolari from the Ovali collection. These designs however were far from traditional but instead refined, edgy and futuristic. Lines were clean and sculptural and materials such as crystals and ice glass sparkled with a sultry coolness. Playfully Sciolari positioned satin finishes against highly polished metal for great optical effect. He broke the traditional rules by combining brass with chrome, to bring out the best of both metals. One of his most iconic innovations was the use of leaded glass in rod form, sometimes intermingled with Lucite or crystal baubles, in succession, to create a stunning, dreamlike undulating linear effect both parallel and perpendicular to the horizon. By the early 1970s, Sciolari’s European style was imported to America by Lightolier (such as the gorgeous example available here) & Progress Lighting. Their catalogues included Sciolari collections such as the Geometric series, Habitat series, Scultura & Futura.

Creator:

Gaetano Sciolari (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Diameter: 28 in (71.12 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Crystal

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1969

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Fair vintage condition. Wiring has been tested and appears to work but is not guaranteed. Rewiring recommended for all vintage lighting. Professional installation recommended due to size. Disassembled. Might need some replacement glass rods ,crystals.

Seller Location:

Brooklyn, NY

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU4190312894872

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Gaetano Sciolari

The work of celebrated mid-century Italian lighting designer and entrepreneur Angelo Gaetano Sciolari became widely popular in the United States during the postwar years and strongly influenced lighting makers around the world. The sculptural forms and striking geometric details of his vintage floor lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures fit seamlessly into the mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency interiors of the day.

Sciolari formally studied architecture but also pursued filmmaking for a short period. When his father passed away in 1949, Sciolari took the reins at his family's company, Sciolari Lighting, which had been in business in Rome since 1892. The manufacturer expanded considerably under Gaetano’s leadership. For one, pioneering American lighting company Lightolier, in New York City, began to import the Italian brand’s lighting for the U.S. market, and Lightolier’s star designer, Gerald Thurston, was significantly influenced by Gaetano’s work. In the 1970s, Americans looking to add provocative fixtures created by Gaetano Sciolari to their living rooms could find them in Lightolier catalogs.

Sciolari initially crafted lamps and sconces that bore the hallmarks of traditional Italian design. But during the 1950s, when he would become the in-house designer for legendary Milan lighting manufacturer Stilnovo — one of the leaders of Italian postwar design — he created revolutionary fixtures that endured as his best-known work.

Sciolari drew on a range of influences — enthusiasts see the imprint of Art Deco, brutalism and more in his lighting — and designed futuristic Space Age chandeliers, ceiling lamps and pendants for Stilnovo as well as Stilkronen and S.A. Boulanger that defied the conventions of the time. A dizzying array of materials and finishes characterizes the designer’s work, while geometry is pronounced in each sculptural fixture — there are blown opal glass spheres, polished chrome tubes and brass square bulb holders. These combinations were critical to the development of dazzling lighting that proves eye-catching in any space decades later.

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