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Vico Magistretti for Oluce White Lacquered Stell Atollo Table Lamp, Italy 1977
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Located in Naples, IT
Atollo lamp in white metal by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1977.Stunning and unique Atollo lamp, old 1969 model by Oluce.
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Atollo Table Lamp Model 233, White by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
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Large Atollo Table/Floor Lamp in White Glass by Vico Magistretti for Oluce Italy
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Mid-Century Modern White Metal Table Lamp Atollo 233 by Vico Magistretti, 1970s
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Large Vintage White Atollo Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1960s
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Large Vintage White Atollo Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1960s
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Designer - Vico Magistretti Producer - Oluce Model - Large Atollo Table Lamp Design Period - Sixties Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 70 cm Materials - Metal Color -...
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Vintage White Atollo Table Lamp 70 cm by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1960s
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White Atollo Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the white atollo lamp you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each white atollo lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, metal and blown glass. Find 3 options for an antique or vintage white atollo lamp now, or shop our selection of 7 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a white atollo lamp — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A white atollo lamp, designed in the Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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