Large "Pipistrello" lamp, by Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce Italy, circa 1965
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in Paris, FR
The largest model of the Pipistrello lamp, with adjustable height. It can be lowered or raised by about 20 cm thanks to its telescoping base.
Chrome
Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, 1965
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Roma, IT
Manufacturer’s label: Martinelli Luce, Mod. 620, Made in Italy An icon of postwar Italian design, the Pipistrello (Italian for “bat”) lamp is one of the most celebrated creations b...
Aluminum
70er Martinelli Luce Design Stehlampe Gae Aulenti Pipistrello Leuchte Bodenlampe
Located in Bremen, DE
Rare and beautiful large white Pipistrello floor lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce for your stuga!
Metal
1970s Gae Aulenti Pipistrello Table Lamp for Martinelli Luce of Italy
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Pipistrello Lamp, Model 620, designed by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce in 1965.
Opal, Aluminum
Martinelli Luce LED Minipipistrello 620/J Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mini version of the Pipistrello lamp designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965. Table lamp diffused lighting.
Stainless Steel
Gae Aulenti White Pipistrello Table or Floor Lamp by Martinelli Luce 1965
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Pipistrello table or floor lamp with a base in white lacquered aluminum, extensible telescopic structure in stainless steel, and white opal methacrylate diffuser.
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Iron
Black Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in bruxelles, BE
Black lamp in metal and plastic by Gae Aulenti. Adjustable in height min: 70cm max: 90cm Stamped under the lamp. FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
Metal
Gae Aulenti Table Lamps Model Pipistrello Produced by Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare pair and tall table lamps model Pipistrello designed by Gae Aulenti.
Metal
Black Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in bruxelles, BE
Black lamp in metal and plastic by Gae Aulenti. Adjustable in height min: 70cm max: 90cm Stamped under the lamp. FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
Metal
White Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in bruxelles, BE
White lamp in metal and plastic by Gae Aulenti. Adjustable in height min: 70cm max: 90cm Stamped Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti. FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
Metal
Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce.
Stainless Steel, Aluminum
Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce.
Aluminum
Black Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, 1960s
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in bruxelles, BE
Black metal and plastic lamp from the 60s designed by Gae Aulenti. Height-adjustable min: 70 cm max: 90 cm Stamped under the lamp. Wear due to time and age. FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US...
Metal
Martinelli Luce Dimmable LED Pipistrello 620 Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 1965 by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, the lamp is made with innovative techniques for the diffuser in methacrylate for the time in which it was designed. The shape of ...
Stainless Steel
Grande Pipistrello by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, 1980s
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
Stunning and iconic ''Pipistrello'' floor or table lamp model 620, ca. 1980.
Stainless Steel
Gae Aulenti, pair of chrome steel armchairs
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
She is best known for her Pipistrello lamp, her Locus Solus series made with Poltronova, her furniture for Knoll and her design of important museums like Orsay.
Lacquer
Gae Aulenti, orange lacquered garden table
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
She is best known for her Pipistrello lamp, her Locus Solus series made with Poltronova, her furniture for Knoll and her design of important museums like Orsay.
Lacquer
Elio Martinelli, 1240, Wall Lights, Martinelli Luce, 1970s
By Elio Martinelli, Martinelli Luce
Located in Paris, FR
Their collaboration gave birth to the Pipistrello lamp (1966), one of the greatest successes for a 20th Century design work.
Metal
$12,000 / set
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps by Gae Aulenti, Italy
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large "Pipistrello" model table lamps designed by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce.
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, Black, 1964, Set of 6
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, Black, 1964, Set of 2
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, Black, 1964, Set of 4
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, Black, 1964, Set of 8
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, Black, 1964, Set of 10
By Gae Aulenti, Poltronova
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 8
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 10
By Gae Aulenti, Poltronova
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 6
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 4
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chairs for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 2
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Gae Aulenti “Locus Solus” Dining Chair for Poltronova, 1964
By Gae Aulenti, Poltronova
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gae Aulenti, one of the few prominent female voices in postwar Italian architecture and design, is best known internationally for transforming Paris’s Gare d’Orsay into the Musée d’O...
Metal
Rare Grey Color Mezzoracolo Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, 1990s
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in Renens, CH
Gae Aulenti, an Italian architect active during the post-war period has designed buildings, interiors, furniture and lamps during her career, many of them well-known such as the Musé...
Aluminum
Tavolo con ruote by Gae Aulenti for FontanaArte 80s
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Padova, IT
Iconic Design Pieces As a designer, she created objects that became symbols of Italian Design: Pipistrello Lamp (1965): Produced by Martinelli Luce, this telescopic lamp features or...
Metal
Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in New York, NY
Witty and iconic Pipistrello lamp by Gae Aulenti, designed in 1964 for the Olivetti showroom in Paris.
Metal, Steel
Gae Aulenti, Pair of "Pipistrello" Lamps, 1963
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Paris, FR
Black lacquered aluminium base, brushed metal steel telescopic arm and methacrylate reflectors. Martinelli-Luce edition.
Martinelli Luce Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Stockholm, Sweden
The Pipistrello table lamp was designed by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce Italy in 1966.
Unavailable
H 28 in W 21.25 in D 21.25 in
Gae Aulenti Table Lamp Pipistrello Produced by Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Staten Island, NY
Large Gae Aulenti Pipistrello table lamps Produced by Martinelli Luce.
Chrome
Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Herzele, BE
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce.
Aluminum
Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti
Located in North Miami, FL
A1970's Pipistrello lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Lucci.
Metal
Pipistrello Lamp Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in New York, NY
Pipistrello Lamp designed by Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) in 1966 for Martinelli Luce.
Stainless Steel, Steel
Gae Aulenti "Pipistrello" Lamp for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Brussels, BE
Gae Aulenti "Pipistrello" lamp for Martinelli Luce Measure: Height variable: 72cm - 81 cm.
Plastic
"Pipistrello Lamp" by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Historically important "Pipistrello Lamp" designed by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce.
Metal, Stainless Steel
Pipistrello Lamp By Gae Aulenti Circa 1970s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Gloucester, GB
Pipistrello Lamp By Gae Aulenti Circa 1970s - White opal methacrylate shade - Telescopic brushed steel stem - Black base - Takes 4x E14 bulbs - Designed by Gae Aulenti - Model Pipis...
Steel
Large Vintage Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, 1970s
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in Toronto, CA
With its telescoping stem and signature batwing shade, the Pipistrello lamp by Gae Aulenti is a true icon of 20th-century Italian design.
Stainless Steel
Gae Aulenti "Pipistrello" Lamp
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Chicago, IL
The Pipistrello (Bat) lamp was designed by Gae Aulenti in 1966 for Martinelli Luce, Italy.
Steel
Gae Aulenti "Pipistrello" Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table or floor lamp designed by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce in 1965. The height can be adjusted by it's telescopic stem (height can be set anywhere from 26" to 34").
Sold
H 33.86 in W 22.05 in D 22.05 in
Early Vintage Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Early Pipistrello lamp from the 1960s. Coveted designer lamp by Gaeaulenti for Martinelli Luce.
Metal
Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Madrid, ES
Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti. Regulable structure made in black lacquer metal and steel with shade in fiberglass.
Metal, Steel
Pipistrello lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Madrid, ES
Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti. Regulable structure made in white lacquer metal and steel with shade in fiberglass.
Metal, Steel
Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Stunning and famous lamp designed by Gae Aulenti.
Original Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The classic icon lamp of the 20th century designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965 for Martinelli Luce, Italy. White opal methacrylate shade offers diffuse light and is centered by a black ro...
Gae Aulenti Pipistrello Lamp in White for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gae Aulenti's Pipitrello (Bat) Lamp designed in 1966 and made by Martinelli Luce. This lamp bought from the original owners who bought it from the Paris showroom have kept the orig...
Steel
White Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in bruxelles, BE
Pipistrello lamp by Gae Aulenti, stamped under the lamp (see photo) light wear due to the time and the age of the object.
Metal
Pipistrello Oro Limited Edition by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Dronten, NL
This rare golden version of the Pipistrello lamp was only available in 2015. The Pipistrello Oro is a signed and numbered limited edition.
Stainless Steel
Table Lamp Gae Aulenti "Pipistrello" Martinelli Luce 2014 Edition
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A cult object of design, the Pipistrello lamp was created by Gae Aulenti in 1965.
Rare early Pair of Gae Aulenti "Pipistrello" Telescopic Lamps, circa 1966
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Berlin, DE
Designed in 1966, the Pipistrello lamp gets its name from the similarity the shape of the light diffuser has to bat wings.
Stainless Steel
Gae Aulenti, Pipistrello Table Lamp for Martinelli Luce, 1965
By Gae Aulenti
Located in London, GB
A cult design object, the Pipistrello lamp was created by Gae Aulenti in 1965.
Metal
Gae Aulenti, Lamp “Pipistrello”, 1970’s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Martinelli Luce, edited by. Lamp model “Pipistrello”, white and aluminium.
Aluminum
Gae Aulenti Pipistrello Telescoping Table Lamp
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce Pipistrello telescoping table lamp. Base shows some small dents and shade has one small hole towards top, as seen in photos.
Aluminum
1990s Italian Martinello Luce Pipistrello Table Lamp
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s Italian Martinello Luce Pipistrello table lamp.
Metal, Chrome
Gae Aulenti Martinelli Luce Pipistrello Table Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Gae Aukenti (Italian, 1927-2012) for Martinelli Luce, Italian Post-modern "Pipistrello" telescopic table lamp, the original designed in 1965, white acrylic umbrella shade on brushed ...
Acrylic
The Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti will forever be best remembered for her work with museums, in particular her 1980–86 renovation of a Beaux Arts Paris train station to create the galleries of the Musée d’Orsay. Aulenti — whose first name, short for Gaetana, is pronounced “guy” — should also be recalled for her tough intellectual spirit and for working steadily when few women found successful architectural careers in postwar Italy.
After she graduated from the Milan Polytechic in 1954, Aulenti opened an architectural office. She also joined the staff of the progressive architectural magazine Casabella, whose editorial line was that the establishment, orthodox modernism of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus, had outlived it usefulness. When their movement for fresh approaches to architecture and design received a sympathetic hearing, Aulenti found patrons — most prominently Gianni Agnelli, of Fiat, who later employed her to renovate the Palazzo Grassi in Venice for use as an arts exhibition space.
Commissions for showrooms and other corporate spaces brought Aulenti to furniture design. She felt that furniture should never dominate a room. Her chairs and sofas — low-slung, with rounded enameled metal frames and ample seats — and tables, particularly her 1972 marble Jumbo coffee table for Knoll, project solidity and sturdiness. In lighting design, however, Aulenti is bravura.
Each work has a marvelous sculptural presence. Pieces such as her Pipistrello table lamp and Quadrifoglio pendant are a perfect marriage of organically shaped glass and high-tech fixtures. Others have a futuristic elegance — and some even have a touch of personality. Aulenti’s Pileino and La Ruspa table lamps each look almost like little robots. Her lighting pieces are an artful grace note in the career of a woman who believed in strength.
Find vintage Gae Aulenti armchairs, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
