Saffo Lamp, Angelo Mangiarotti
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1967, the lamp is made with a metal ring
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Table Lamps
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Saffo Lamp, Angelo Mangiarotti
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1967, the lamp is made with a metal ring
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Angelo Mangiarotti ‘Saffo’ Table Lamp for Artemide, 1960s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in the 1960s, the ‘Saffo’ table lamp is a study in form
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Saffo Table Lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Lampada da tavolo mod. Saffo disegnata da Angelo Mangiarotti, per Artemide, 1967. Diffusore in
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Saffo Table Lamps designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Coppia di lampade da tavolo mod. Saffo disegnate da Angelo Mangiarotti, per Artemide, 1967
Aluminum
$1,517Sale Price / item|25% Off
H 13 in Dm 8.27 in
Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti, Modern Mouth-Blown Glass
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti. 1967 The spectacular Saffo Lamp was designed in 1966 by Italian
Acrylic
$1,517Sale Price / item|25% Off
H 13 in Dm 8.27 in
Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti, Modern Mouth-Blown Glass
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti. 1967 The spectacular Saffo Lamp was designed in 1966 by Italian
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Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Lamp Artemide, Italy, 1967
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo lamp Artemide, Italy, 1967 Handblown Murano glass shade on cast aluminum
Aluminum
Set of 2 Saffo table lamp Angelo Mangiarotti murano glass 1960
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1967, the lamp is made with a metal ring
Metal
Saffo Table Lamp by Mangiarotti Angelo for Artemide Murano, Italy, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in London, GB
First edition of 1967 iconic Artemide "Saffo" lamp by Mangiarotti Angelo "Saffo" was named after
Blown Glass
$1,899
H 13.25 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Table Lamp in Blown Glass for Artemide, 1970
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Saffo table lamp. Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. Cast aluminum base. Hand
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$8,825 / set
H 13.19 in Dm 8.27 in
20th Century, Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide Pair of Table Lamp mod. Saffo
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Turin, Turin
we have a pair of table lamp mod. Saffo designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. Pressed
Aluminum
$2,118Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.39 in Dm 8.27 in
Mid Century Table Lampo Mod. Saffo Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Ibiza, Spain
The table lamp model Saffo, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and manufactured by Artemide, showcases
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$2,353
H 13 in Dm 9.06 in
Italian mid-century modern Table lamp Saffo by Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Table lamp Saffo by Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s Iconic and vintage
Metal
$2,673Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.39 in Dm 8.27 in
Early Edition Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" Lamp for Artemide, Italy, 1967
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A stunning early edition of the "Saffo" table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
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Pair of Saffo lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Busnago, IT
Angelo Mangiarotti coppia di lampade da tavolo Saffo per Artemide, Italia, 1967 Paralume in vetro
Steel
Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide "Saffo" Table Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Naples, IT
Lampada da tavolo Mod. Saffo disegnata da Angelo Mangiarotti e prodotta da Artemide nel 1967, la
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Pair of Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Lamps for Artemide
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful handblown glass table lamp.The clear and white glass shade, with a dark expresso inset
Table Lamp 'Saffo' by Angelo Mangiarotti
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy, Artemide, 1966. The 'Saffo' table lamp by
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Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" Lamp
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamp designed for Artemide, retains original stamp.
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Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" Lamp
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamp designed for Artemide, retains original stamp.
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Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Lamps
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in London, GB
Pair of rare Italian table lamps designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide. Model ‘Saffo’, they
Blown Glass
Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo table lamp by Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Dronten, NL
Hand blown Murano glass on cast aluminum base. Signed with molded mark to underside. We offer museum quality crating and affordable worldwide shipping. Feel free to inquire!
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Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
The Saffo table lamp was designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. It was named after
Murano Glass
Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Saffo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide. Designed in Italy, 1967. Blown glass with
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1960s Angelo Mangiarotti 'Saffo' Table Lamps for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Angelo Mangiarotti 'Saffo' table lamps for Artemide. Rare, never reissued. Executed in metal
Metal
"Saffo" Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1960s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da tavolo 'Saffo' disegnata da Angelo Mangiarotti nel 1967 e prodotta da Artemide
Aluminum
Mangiarotti " saffo" table lamp
Located in New York, NY
of the lamp and the external opaline glass gradually becoming clear create a marvelous tri
"Saffo" Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Saffo" table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. White smoked glass diffuser
Metal
Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mangiarotti "Saffo" table lamp blown glass
Glass
"Saffo" Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic "Saffo" lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide designed and manufactured in Italy, circa
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Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Table Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Table Lamp with aluminum base and a mushroom-shaped lampshade in smoked
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Saffo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1960s, Italy
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, IT
Table lamp mod. Saffo with round metal base. The hand-crafted diffuser is in opaline blown glass
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Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo lamp for Artemide, Italy, 1967
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in London, GB
Rare Italian table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide. Model ‘Saffo’, a mushroom
Blown Glass
Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Padova, IT
The Saffo table lamp was designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. The aluminum base
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H 16.93 in Dm 8.27 in
Italian Murano Glass Saffo Table Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Murano glass Saffo table lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s Designed by
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H 16.93 in Dm 8.27 in
Italian Murano Glass Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Murano glass Saffo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s Designed by Angelo
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H 13 in Dm 8.67 in
Italian mid-century modern table lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Artemide, 1967
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern table lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Artemide, 1967 Table lamp mod
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Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in Murano Glass 1960s
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1967, the lamp is made with a metal ring
Murano Glass
Rare Pair of Saffo Table Lamps
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Glendale, CA
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, Italy in 1967 and never reissued. Executed in metal
Metal
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H 13 in W 8.27 in D 8.27 in
Pair of Saffo Lamps Murano Glass by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, Italy, 1970
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of table or bedside lamps in blown Murano glass and metal base by Angelo Mangiarotti for the
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H 13 in W 8.27 in D 8.27 in
Pair of Saffo Lamps Murano Glass by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, Italy, 1970
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of table or bedside lamps in blown Murano glass and metal base by Angelo Mangiarotti for the
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Pair of lamps mod. Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rivoli, IT
La lampada da tavolo Saffo, disegnata da Angelo Mangiarotti per Artemide, rappresenta un'icona tra
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'Saffo' Lamp By Angelo Mangiarotti For Artemide
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Murano glass by Vistosi, white opaque to clear and grey with solid polished aluminum base. A very well made art glass light sculpture. Signed with molded mark to underside.
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Artemide “Angelo Mangiarotti” Saffo Table Lamp Murano Glass, 1970, Italy
By Artemide
Located in Milano, IT
Table lamp saffo.
Murano Glass
Angelo Mngiarotti for Artemide "Saffo" Table Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Naples, IT
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1967, the lamp is made with a metal ring
Glass
VINTAGE Table lamp designed by Angelo MANGIAROTTI. Italy, Artemide, 1966.
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti. Italy, Artemide, 1966. The 'Saffo' table lamp by
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Pair Italian Saffo table lamps Angelo Mangiarotti
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of iconic Italian table lamps designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide. Mushroom glass
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Angelo Mangiarotti, Original Saffo Table Lamp, 1966
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in London, GB
Medium table lamp made of clear and black blown glass and cast metal base. This vintage lamp
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Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" table lamp for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Milan, IT
Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" table lamp for Artemide
Metal
Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Saffo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide. Designed in Italy, 1967. Blown glass with
Murano Glass "Saffo" Table Lamp by Mangiarotti Angelo for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Fulton, CA
Saffo table lamp designed by Mangiarotti Angelo for Artemide, Murano, Italy. Circa. 1967. Hand
Aluminum
Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Padova, IT
The Saffo table lamp was designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. The aluminum base
Aluminum
Pair of Vintage Angelo Mangiarotti "Saffo" Lamps for Artemide
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of stylish, Spage Age table lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, circa 1960s. Handblown
Pair of "Saffo" Table Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of "Saffo" table lamps designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. White smoked glass
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H 14.18 in Dm 9.06 in
Italian Modern Table Lamps Mod, Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern table lamps mod. Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s Pair of table
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Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo table lamp
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Toronto, ON
Mushroom glass table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, circa 1960.
Metal
Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Lamp, 1960's
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Saffo lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, Italy 1960's. Wired and working for US and includes
Art Glass
Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Table Lamp for Artemide, Italy, 1970
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Artemide
Located in Le Grand-Saconnex, CH
Italian table lamp designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in 1967 for Artemide. Made of mouth blowned
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Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Angelo Mangiarotti Producer - Artemide Model - Saffo Table Lamp Design Period
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Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Angelo Mangiarotti Producer - Artemide Model - Saffo Table Lamp Design Period
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Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Angelo Mangiarotti Producer - Artemide Model - Saffo Table Lamp Design Period
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"Saffo"Table Lamp - Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in SouthPort, CT
"Saffo" table lamp in hand blown clear and opaque glass, aluminum base, by Angelo Mangiarotti
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H 13 in Dm 8.27 in
Angelo Mangiarotti Midcentury "Saffo” Murano Glass Table Lamp for Artemide 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milan, Italy
This iconic table lamp was designed by Italian architect Angelo Mangiarotti in 1967 and
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Pair of Artemide Saffo Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Bridport, CT
Gorgeous and very rare pair of Artemide lamps designed by Angelo Mangiarotti. Hand blown glass in
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"Saffo" Table Lamp by Mangiarotti for Artemide
Located in Marseille, FR
Blown glass lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide designed in 1967.White glass with black
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Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Saffo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s. Designer - Angelo Mangiarotti
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Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Saffo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s Designer - Angelo Mangiarotti Producer
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Angelo Mangiarotti Saffo Table Lamp in Blown Glass for Artemide, 1970
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Montecatini Terme, Toscana
Iconic table lamp Saffo designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1970. Polished
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Paire de lampes “Saffo” par Angelo Mangiarotti pour Artemide, 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Bruxelles, BE
La lampe de table Saffo a été conçue par Angelo Mangiarotti pour Artemide en 1967. La base en
Murano Glass
Angelo Mangiarotti, Original Lesbo Table Lamp
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in London, GB
Rare lamp made of opaque white and transparent blown glass and cast metal base. Light scuffs with minor signs of use and age. This vintage lamp remains in excellent condition. If nec...
Aluminum
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Mario Bellini Ceramic Table Lamp Area 50 by Artemide, Italy, 1976
By Mario Bellini, Artemide
Located in Vienna, AT
Mario Bellini table light Area 50 by Artemide, Italy, 1976 Rare iconic ceramic lamp. It shows a beautiful rough-edged ceramic socket-like base and the trade-mark flying piece of res...
Ceramic, Plastic, Parchment Paper
Accademia Tavolo Picoli by Cini Boeri for Artemide 1978
By Artemide, Cini Boeri
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Accademia lamp, designed by Cini Boeri in 1978, is a small-scale version of the popular table lamp created for Artemide. This lamp is an impressive example of Boeri's minimalist ...
Iron
$34,000
H 26.5 in W 92.75 in D 32 in
Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Warren Platner, Lehigh Leopold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and highly sought-after collectors piece (with celebrity provenance) is a Warren Platner Executive Leather Case Sofa designed for Lehigh Leopold in circa 1970...
Chrome
$2,635Sale Price|20% Off
H 64.57 in Dm 20.08 in
Mid Century Modern " Quadrifoglio " Floor Lamp, Guzzini, Italy
By Guzzini, Gae Aulenti
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Mid Century Modern " Quadrifoglio " Floor Lamp, Harvey Guzzini, Italy This iconic and rare Quadrifoglio floor lamp, designed by Luigi Massoni and Studio 6G for Harvey Guzzini in the...
Chrome, Steel
$4,236Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.72 in Dm 17.72 in
Vintage Lotus Table Lamp by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Blown Murano Glass, Rare
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Table Lamp - Italian Collectible Lamp - Rare Mid-Century Lamp The LT305 "Lotus" Table Lamp, designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, is one of the most beautiful Murano lamps eve...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Italian Table Lamp, Ignazio Gardella Attr. 1960s
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare Mid-century Italian table lamp in metal and glass, attributable to the famous architect and designer Ignazio Gardella, the glasses are identical to those of the famous LP7 wall ...
Metal
$5,045
H 31.5 in W 9.06 in D 9.06 in
Chandelier Torpedo Murano Glass Metal by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Torpedo chandelier ceiling pendant lightning light lamp by Carlo Nason the brother of Aldo Nason. white smoke Blown Murano glass, silver metal. Famous manufacture like Venini, Vistos...
Metal
$2,824 / item
H 19.69 in Dm 15.75 in
AM/AS Table Lamp by Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Sirrah, 1967
By Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Sirrah
Located in Brescia, Brescia
Created by the esteemed Italian designers Franco Albini and Franca Helg, this lamp was produced by Sirrah in the 1960s-70s, capturing the essence of Italian craftsmanship and innovat...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
$12,708 / item
H 25.99 in W 45.28 in D 35.04 in
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Armchair by Cassina, Upholstered, Mid-Century
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Armchair Manufactured by Cassina SCULPTURAL ELEGANCE A favourable balance between geometric rigour and enveloping shapes designed by maestro Carlo Scarpa. Th...
Metal
Accademia Floor Lamp by Cini Boeri for Artemide 1978
By Cini Boeri, Artemide
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Accademia lamp, designed by Cini Boeri in 1978, is a floor lamp version of the popular table lamp created for Artemide. This lamp is an impressive example of Boeri's minimalist a...
Iron
Gio Ponti “Luminator” Floor Lamp for Pollice, 1940
By Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti “Luminator” floor lamp for Pollice, wood and brass, Italy, 1940. The "Luminator" floor lamp by Gio Ponti, crafted for Pollice, boasts a fusion of wood and brass, exemplify...
Brass
Lesbo Italian Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide, 1970s
By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Madrid, ES
Table lamp model "Lesbo" designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and edited by Artemide. Lampshade and diffuser are handmade of smoked and blown Murano glass. Polished metal base, Italy, 1970...
Metal
Italian architect, designer, teacher and urban planner Angelo Mangiarotti was a leading light in the international design community from the 1960s onward. While he was an adherent of the rationalist principles of purity of line and simplicity of construction, he sought to imbue his designs for coffee tables, dining chairs, sconces and other furnishings with a sense of character and lightness of spirit that was often lacking in late-20th-century modernist architecture and design.
Born in Milan, Mangiarotti studied architecture at Milan Polytechnic, graduating in 1948. Five years later, he won a visiting professorship at the Illinois Institute of Technology — beginning a peripatetic academic career that would see him teaching in numerous Italian institutions as well as in schools as far afield as Hawaii and Australia. He worked with Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and met such greats as Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius. He returned to Italy in 1955 and would go on to work on numerous industrial, residential, commercial and civic projects in his home country, most notably a group of six railway stations in Milan.
As a designer, Mangiarotti and the development of his career embodies the evolution of modernism in the latter decades of the 20th century. In the late 1950s and early ’60s, after early experiments in plywood furniture and one-piece foam-core seating — including the 1110 lounge chair for Cassina — Mangiarotti began to design using more classic materials, from delicate, curvaceous blown-glass table lamps for Artemide to chandeliers with crystal links for Vistosi.
In 1971, Mangiarotti introduced what became his signature designs: a series of tables in marble and other stones that featured “gravity joints,” their legs held in place by the weight of the tabletop. Tables in his Eros collection have muscular proportions that anticipate the robust, overscaled lines of postmodern works that would appear 10 years later: His Eccentrico table, for example, is a striking assemblage in marble featuring a top that is cantilevered dramatically on a canted columnar base.
But simplicity and practicality were consistently the primary watchwords of Mangiarotti’s designs. The purity and elegance of the objects he created offer a graceful counterpoint to a traditional decor, yet they have a singular sculptural presence that allows them to stand out powerfully in a modern interior.
Find vintage Angelo Mangiarotti furniture on 1stDibs.
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.