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.
Angelo Lelii for Arredoulce, Triennale, Mid-century Italian Floor Lamp
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp with three articulated arms, each conical shade enameled in different colors. Marked "Made in Italy / Arredoluce Monza"
Metal
Rare Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Floor Lamp
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, floor lamp, coated aluminum and brass, brass, marble, Italy, design circa 1954 An exceptionally rare floor lamp, designed by the acclaimed lighting des...
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
$17,500Sale Price|22% Off
H 91 in W 48 in D 48 in
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Model 12128 Triennale Floor Lamp Brass & White
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Arredoluce "Triennale" solid brass floor lamp model 12128 designed by Angelo Lelii in 1947, produced in 1954. One owner. 100% original. Nothing replaced nor added. Ful...
Aluminum, Brass
$7,200
H 82 in W 48 in D 48 in
Italian Triennale Floor Lamp Attributed to Gino Sarfatti / Angelo Lelli
By Arredoluce, Gino Sarfatti, Angelo Lelii
Located in Peabody, MA
Three arm "triennale" floor lamp with marble base, circa 1960s. Attributed to Gino Sarfati / Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce. Adjustable arms feature leather sleeved counterweight han...
Marble, Enamel, Chrome
$2,286
H 60.24 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Vintage Italian Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, 1950s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Lisboa, PT
An iconic piece of mid-century Italian design, this floor lamp by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce was crafted in the 1950s and remains a striking example of sculptural lighting from the era. The lamp features seven elegant curved brass arms...
Brass
$10,152
H 61.03 in Dm 23.63 in
Arredoluce Triennale Floor Lamp, by Angelo Lelii, model 12128, Italy circa 1947
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Angelo Lelii "Triennale" floor lamp, model 12128 Chrome plated brass stand with lacquered aluminium shades in black, white and grey. Multi adjustable arms with counterweight handles...
Aluminum, Brass, Chrome
$23,650
H 79.53 in W 43.31 in D 43.31 in
'Triennale' Floor Lamp Mod. 12128 by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, C.1955
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce, Raymor
Located in London, GB
The iconic articulated 'Triennale' Floor Lamp was first designed by the great Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce in Monza, Italy. The model '12128' got its name from the Italian exhibition ...
Aluminum, Brass
$17,230
H 70.87 in W 47.25 in D 31.5 in
Arredoluce 'Triennale' Floor Lamp, designed by Angelo Lelii, circa 1950
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
"Triennale" floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelii An iconic mid-century classic introduced circa 1950, this example of 50's production by Lelii's own Arredoluce Company based in Monz...
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Angelo Lelii Arredoluce standard floor lamp Italy 1956
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This minimalist floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelii and manufactured by Arredoluce in Italy in 1956, is an exquisite example of mid-century lighting design. As an early creation by ...
Marble, Metal
Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
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
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce 'Siluro' Floor Lamp
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, floor lamp 'Siluro', model '12628', Carrara marble, coated steel, brass, plexiglass, Italy, circa 1957 This floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelii for Arr...
Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel
$13,062
H 70.87 in W 16.54 in D 15.36 in
Mid-Century Floor Lamp Brass Metal by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Very rare Mid-Century Modern floor or reading lamp in brass and white cream lacquered painted metal, white lucite methacrylate difusor. High quality articulated adjustable brass arm ...
Metal, Brass
Angelo Lelii Rare Floor Lamp for Arredoluce, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Angelo Lelii Floor Lamp for Arredoluce, Brass, Lacquered Metal, and Marble, Italy, 1950s Among Angelo Lelii's most inventive output for Arredoluce, this floor lamp from around 1950s...
Metal