The lighting company Arredoluce opened in 1943, at the start of a golden era of modernist Italian design, and was born of the confluence of an eager entrepreneurial business spirit and a fresh, innovative, forward-looking creative atmosphere.
Angelo Lelii (1911–79), the founder of Arredoluce, which was based in the Milanese district of Monza, was a gifted and at times brilliant designer. He had the insight to commission works from other greats of the day, including Gio Ponti, Vico Magistretti, the brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and Ettore Sottsass Jr.
Lelii’s designs cover a broad aesthetic range. His most famous work, the Triennale floor lamp (circa 1947), is both elegant and practical, with three omnidirectional lighting booms attached to a central pole. His well-known ceiling light of 1954 — in which a conical canister bounces light upward off a lighting-arced enameled-aluminum sheet — is a piece of design poetry. And his 1962 Cobra table lamp has a wild, almost Surrealist look, featuring a sculptured rod of polished metal with a socket that, like his Eye floor lamp of the early 1960s, holds an eyeball-like directional bulb.
Arredoluce also placed few constraints on the creativity of the designers it employed from outside the company. The Castiglioni brothers’ Tubino table lamp of 1951, for example, is a remarkably early example of minimalist design. The company both fostered the tradition-minded aspect of Ponti’s sensibility and produced several of his experimental pieces in Lucite in the 1950s; and Sottsass’s UFO table lamp of 1957, a sandwich of two plastic bubbled tablets on four legs, prefigures the look of his postmodern works for the Memphis Group by more than 20 years.
From the stylish and utilitarian to the avant-garde, vintage Arredoluce floor lamps, table lamps, chandeliers and other lighting includes some of the most diverse, remarkable — and collectible — designs of the late 20th century.
Arredoluce Saucer Chandelier Made in Italy possibly by Angelo Lelli
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular grape colored metal and pale gray pearlized lucite saucer shaped chandelier having eight translucent panels, with three interior b...
Metal
Mid Century Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce Made in Italy circa 1950's
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid Century chrome, black and marble floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelli, made in Italy by Arredoluce, circa 1950's. The lamp features three chrome ball shades, which are movable and mount on magnetic bases, the steel vertical post mounts on a marble disk...
Marble, Steel, Chrome
Angelo Lelli Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Wall Lamp for Arredoluce, 1950s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Angelo Lelli wall lamp for Arredoluce. Designed and produced in Italy, circa 1950s. Brass. We can insert reducers for USA bulbs, current E14 lamps.
Brass
Angelo Lelii Arredoluce Mod. 12780 Brass Ceiling Lamp 1959 Excellent Patina
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Catania, IT
Chandelier mod. 12780 of Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1959. Structure in polished brass, diffusers in duplex white opal glass. Excellent vintage patina. References: Anty Pans...
Brass
Table Lamp Design Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, 1960s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in taranto, IT
Rare table lamp from the 60s, original arredoluce, design by angelo lelii, diffuser in black lacquered metal on a steel base, with adjustable beam direction. Very iconic italian object.
Metal, Steel
Table Lamp "Clessidra" Design Angelo Lelii Lelli for Arredoluce, 1960s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in taranto, IT
splendid and rare "hourglass" lamp, small model, designed by angelo lelii for arredoluce, produced in the early 1960s made of metal, with applications in brass and sandblasted gla...
Metal, Brass
Angelo Lelii Adjustable Table Lamp
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare adjustable table lamp, designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce. Industrial in its essence, the design emphasizes the mechanical lighting components of the lamp. A dynamic lighti...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$1,700Sale Price / item|22% Off
Rare Pair of Articulating Arredoluce Table Lamps
By Arredoluce
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An exceptional pair of Arredoluce table lamps in polished stainless steel and travertine marble. Unusual to find a single. Impossible to come across a pair. These lamps are ingenious in their design. A single weight is attached to a thin cable which allows the lamp to be positioned in numerous positions on the upright bars...
Travertine, Marble, Steel
Model 12369 Ceiling Light by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 12369 Ceiling Light by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1950s. All brass leaf formed shades with hammered detailing. Each leaf is stem...
Brass
$6,200
H 10 in W 2.75 in D 5.5 in
Angelo Lelii Cobra table lamp model 12919 for Arredoluce Italy, c. 1962
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Skokie, IL
Angelo Lelii Cobra table lamp model 12919 for Arredoluce Italy, c. 1962 Dimensions: 24 1/2" h × 4 1/2" w × 4 1/2" d Materials: brass, enameled ste...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Italian Mid-Century Modern Curved Glass and Brass Wall Lamp, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern curved glass and brass wall lamp, 1950s Curved wall lamp with light green background, double central line pattern in brass,...
Brass
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Rare Pair of Table Lamps
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, pair of table lamps, model '12398', enameled aluminum, brass, Italy, circa 1952 Arredoluce captures it perfectly: “One of Lelii's many inventions that p...
Aluminum, Brass
$33,369
H 39.38 in W 43.31 in D 80.71 in
Vintage Triennale Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, 1949
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Roma, IT
Top Rare floor lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce in 1949, beige lacquered metal base and brass, three adjustable arms with adjustable color lacquered shades in various colors. No r...
Marble, Brass, Metal
ARREDOLUCE - Angelo LELLI - attributed chandelier - Made in ITALY 1950s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, IT
Original 1950s chandelier,,, attributed for quality and design to ANGELO LELLI, ARREDOLUCE production. Made in Italy-
Aluminum, Brass
Angelo Lelii ‘mod. 12398’ table lamp for Arredoluce, ca. 1952
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Sittard, LI
An elegant and thoughtfully engineered table lamp designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce in the 1950s, model no. 12398. This sculptural piece is a refined example of Italian mid-cen...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Vintage Angelo Lelli Desk Lamp for Arredoluce, Italy, 1970s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Vintage Desk Lamp, Angelo Lelli for Arredo Luce, Italy 1970s Elegant vintage table - desk lamp, designed by the renowned designer Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce comany in the 1970s. T...
Metal
$5,139
H 11.23 in Dm 13 in
1950 Angelo Lelii Arredoluce Italian Mid Century Design Brass Metal Table Lamp
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Brescia, IT
Table Lamp Angelo Lelii Arredoluce Italy, 1956 ca Enamel Aluminum, Leather, Brass and Frosted Glass Brass with original patina No cracks. Perfect working order Original 1950s
Aluminum, Brass
Italian Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Italian floor lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce.
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Brass Chandelier Model 12369, Italy
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Vienna, AT
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, suspension light model 12369, Italy circa 1950-1960 Organic chandelier designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce. The composition unfolds through six leaf...
Brass
Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
There is something almost airborne about this floor lamp. From a flat, organically shaped marble base, a slender red-lacquered stem rises vertically, meeting a long brass arm that ex...
Metal, Brass
Wall Light by Elio Monesi for Arredoluce Mod. 12880, Italy
By Arredoluce, Elio Monesi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Designed by Elio Monesi for Arredokuce, Italy 1961. This wall light features a structure in varnished iron and brass and diffuser in duplex white opal glass. This is a vintage item...
Iron
Italian Table Lamp by Arredoluce
By Arredoluce
Located in Long Island City, NY
Italian table lamp by Arredoluce with an acrylic shade.
Aluminum, Brass
Post Modern Table Lamp by Arredoluce Monza
By Arredoluce
Located in Long Island City, NY
Table lamp by Arredoluce Monza .
Metal
Angelo Lelii Stella Chandelier for Arredoluce Monza
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Amarillo, TX
Angelo Lelii Large Stella chandelier for Arredoluce Monza Italy 1950s Nickel-plated metal, nickel-plated brass, frosted glass Measures: 8.75 heig...
Brass, Nickel
Midcentury Floor Lamp Arredoluce
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury Italian floor lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce. No dings to shade and minimal wear to the chrome. Overall very good example and ready for use. Height of pole is 5...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Chrome
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H 38.19 in W 8.27 in D 8.67 in
Angelo Lelii Arredoluce Pair of Wall Lights Mod. 12824 Brass Glass Italy 1960
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Catania, IT
Pair of wall lights Mod. 12824 designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce in Italy, 1960. Sinuous, elegant and iconic wall lights whose brass structure follows the curving opal glass d...
Brass
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H 35.44 in Dm 18.12 in
Italian Suspension Rise and Fall Arredoluce Beige Brass & Metal 50s Angelo Lelli
By Arredoluce
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Italian suspension from the Arredoluce publishing house from the 1950s. Solid brass rise and fall system allowing to adjust the height according to...
Metal, Brass
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H 84.06 in W 17.72 in D 11.82 in
Angelo Lelii Arredoluce Brass Opaline Glass Marble Floor Lamp Italy 1950s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Catania, IT
Floor lamp designed by Angelo Lelii and manufactured for Arredoluce, in Italy, 1950s. Elegant floor lamp characterized by a polished brass structure supported by a round base in whi...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Mid Century Brass and Perforated Metal Chandeliers Arredoluce Style, 1950
By Arredoluce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern brass and cream micro perforated metal pair of chandeliers by Arredoluce style 1950s. Chandeliers in cream-colored micro-perforated metal sheet, with upper...
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 39.38 in Dm 9.06 in
Chandelier in Opaline Glass Design to Angelo Lelii Lelli for Arredoluce, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in taranto, IT
Original 60s chandelier designed by angelo lelii, metal structure with blown murano lattino glass diffuser, decorations with tubular bands in brass. Excellent condition, arredoluce ...
Opal, Brass
Sold
H 13.78 in W 11.03 in D 11.03 in
Ettore Sottsass Table Lamp Ufo for Arredoluce in Yellow and White Plexiglass
By Arredoluce, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and iconic perspex table lamp molded with enameled brass and Lucite, designed by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Arredoluce, circa 1957. This lamp was intended to be adjustable:...
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
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H 13.78 in W 11.03 in D 4.73 in
Set of Three Wall Lights by Elio Monesi for Arredoluce Mod. 12880, Italy, 1961
By Arredoluce, Elio Monesi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Designed by Elio Monesi for Arredokuce, Italy 1961. These wall lights feature a structure in polished, brushed brass and diffuser in duplex white opal glass. These are vintage it...
Brass