Fontana Arte Furniture
Best known for its elegant and innovative vintage lighting fixtures, the Milan-based firm Fontana Arte pioneered one of the key features of 20th-century and contemporary Italian design: the union of artistry and industry wrought by partnerships between creative talents — chiefly architects — and entrepreneurial businesses. Fontana Arte is further distinguished by having had as artistic director, in succession, four of Italy’s most inventive modernist designers: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, French transplant Max Ingrand and Gae Aulenti.
The bread and butter of the glassmaking company that Luigi Fontana founded in 1881 was plate-glass panels for the construction industry. In 1930, Fontana met Ponti — then the artistic director of the Richard Ginori ceramics workshop and the editor of the influential magazine Domus — at a biannual design exhibition that became the precursor to today’s Milan Design Triennale, and the two hatched an idea for a furniture and housewares firm. Fontana Arte was incorporated in 1932 with Ponti as its chief of design. He contributed several lamps that remain among the company’s signature works, including the orb-atop-cone Bilia table lamp and the 0024 pendant — a stratified hanging sphere.
The following year, Fontana Arte partnered with the influential Milan studio glassmaker and retailer Pietro Chiesa, who took over as artistic director. Chiesa’s designs for lighting — as well as for tables and items including vases and ashtrays — express an appreciation for fluidity and simplicity of line, as seen in works such as his flute-shaped Luminator floor lamp and the 1932 Fontana table — an arched sheet of glass that is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Six years after Chiesa’s 1948 death, the École des Beaux Arts–trained Max Ingrand took over as head of design at Fontana Arte. Ingrand brought a similarly expressive formal sensibility to wares such as lamps and mirrors, but he also had a masterful eye for the manipulation of glass surfaces — whether they be cut, frosted, acid-etched or sand-blasted. His classic design is the Fontana table lamp of 1954, which has a truncated cone shade and curved body, both of which are made of pure, chic white-frosted glass.
Following Ingrand, the often-audacious Italian architect Gae Aulenti served as the company’s artistic director from 1979 to 1996, and while she generally insisted that furnishings take second place aesthetically to architecture, she made an exception for Fontana Arte pieces such as the Tavolo con Ruote series of glass coffee and dining tables on wheels, bold lighting pieces such as the Parola series and the Giova, a combination flower vase and table lamp. As a key incubator of modern design under Aulenti’s tenure, Fontana Arte remained true to its long-held commitment — creating objects that have never been less than daring.
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Creator: Fontana Arte
Large 'Pinecone' Table Lamp in Opaline Glass & Chrome for Fontana Arte
By Paola Navone, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Large 'Pinecone' table lamp in opaline glass & chrome for Fontana Arte.
Designed by Paola Navone, the diffuser is expertly handcrafted using the ancient caged-blown glass technique...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Fontana Arte Glass/ Crystal, Dish, Vide-Poche, Free Form Shape Signed FX
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very pretty signed Fontana Arte, vide-poche. We think is Max Ingrand design.Also Pietro Chiesa worked at Fontana's at same time. Signed with FX and acid Fontana Italy.
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1950s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Glass
Fontana Arte, Oval bevel-edged mirror
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
c.1960s
Brass and blue bevelled glass
H80 x W57 x D4cm
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Mid-20th Century Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Fontana Arte Table Lamps “Him and Her” Brass Glass, 1950, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte table lamps “Him and Her" brass glass, 1950, Italy.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Nathalie Grenon for Fontana Arte
By Nathalie Grenon, Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
Late 20th century Fontana Arte table lamp, circa 1990 by Nathalie Grennon
Silk fabric shade has been remade.
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Modernist Brass and Glass Fireplace by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Elegant modern fireplace tool set by Fontana Arte, circa 1970’s. The set includes a shovel, poker, and broom. Original brass bristles on a broom. The set is forged in brass, with eac...
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1970s Italian Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte 1960 Italy Milan Very Rare Table Desk Lamp In Glass And Hardware
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Miami, FL
Geometric table lamp designed by Fontana Arte.
An extraordinary piece of Italian decorative arts, created in Milano by Fontana Arte, back in the 1960. Crafted with translucent cut glass and nickeled steel. The main body is composed by two rectangular beveled pieces of greenish glass carved with incused circles and frosted finishes.
Fontana-Arte
FontanaArte is an Italian company founded in Milan in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti (1891-1979). The company is known for the processing of curved glass and for the production of lighting equipment, becoming over the years a prominent name for Italian design. Fontana-Arte marked the “history of light and furnishings” in Italy and worldwide. Born of the idea of an architect, the company has always kept strong ties with the design world, gradually involving leading Italian and international architects and lighting designers. With them, the company has created a true cultural project of architecture, lighting and furniture. This design culture, mainly involving fine materials (above all glass), has seen interaction between technology and aesthetic appeal as its main focus, generating a series of timeless objects, with splendid shapes, some of which have become design classics, exhibited in leading museums around the world. Giò Ponti invites Pietro Chiesa (1892 – 1942) to join him in the art direction. Chiesa is a distinguished glass master who enlists the craftsmen from his own workshop to join him to the company. Gio Ponti designed the 0024 pendant lamp and the Bilia table lamp in 1931. Pietro Chiesa‘s most famous lamp at that time is the Luminator, designed in 1933, in 1937 the 006. In 1954, Max Ingrand, a French glass master and decorator, renowned for his stunning stained-glass church windows, becomes the art director. He designed the Fontana table lamp. Gio Ponti becomes again art director in 1967 and he designs a new collection of lamps, the Pirellina and Pirellone table...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Steel
Fontana Arte Vintage 1960s Midcentury Italian Original Painted Glass Wall Art
By Fontana Arte
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This amazing piece comes from a vintage multi-million dollar Rancho Mirage, CA estate. THis piece was hung on the wall in a specially designed brass holder in the CEO's home office. it can also be used as a sculpture on the black granite cube...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Max Ingrand 1995 hanging lamp Fontana Arte 1960
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Presenting a beautiful pendant lamp, model 1995, designed by the illustrious Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte, Italy in 1960. This exquisite piece exudes a stylish and cl...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pendant Model '1954' from Max Ingrand, 1960
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Berlin, DE
This rare ceiling lamp by the French designer and glass painter Max Ingrand was designed for Fontana Arte in 1960, known as the ‘1954’ model.
This beautiful harmonious lamp is made o...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' Table Lamp in Blue and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in blue and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte Frame Brass Glass 1950 Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Frame Fontana Arte.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte Mod. 2004 Box
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Fontana Arte Mod. 2004 box.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Fontana Arte Mid-Century Sofa or Coffe Table attr. Max Ingrand
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Rome, IT
A Pair of Rare Extraordinary Mid-Century modern Italian sofa table made of hand blown beveled and frosted Murano glass, designed by Max Ingrand and produced by Fontana Arte. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Cut Glass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Rare Oval Crystal Mirror Model 2046
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte rare oval crystal mirror model 2046 consisting of two tiers of colored, curved and beveled glass framing mirrored glass wi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte "Optunia" Cast Glass Table Lamp by Claesson Koivisto Rune
By Fontana Arte, Claesson Koivisto Rune
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Optunia" is a wall lamp, designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a structure in cast aluminum, available with paints in white, onyx or glossy black nickel-plated colors. The price of this lamp reflects the white finish. Please inquire for pricing on additional colors. Molded cast glass, frosted and painted from behind, working as a diffuser. Base in painted metal. Power source housed in the base for the wall and ceiling versions, in the breadboard for the hanging version or onto a peg in the table version. It can be provided with a dimmer and lighting sources are 2 x 11W LED (3000K, CRI>80, Lumen 1384 + 1384).
Dimensions: Ø 5.1" (discs), D. 9.8", H. 10.3"
"Optunia" is a collection of lighting elements available in four variants for tabletop (with or without stem), floor, wall and ceiling. Its functionality lies in the possibility of rotating the two discs that make up the nearly 360 degrees head, opening up an extraordinary number of lighting combinations. The lower disc rotates on one axis, while the upper disk simultaneously rotates on a second axis, perpendicular to the first.
This double movement gives "Optunia" the advantages of both direct and indirect light emission, exploiting the surface of the wall or ceiling to produce a soft light. Complementing its functionality, the design of such lamp is reminiscent of a form found in nature: the two disks resemble the pads of the prickly pear called "Opuntia ficus-indica", from which the lamp takes its name. A collection of exceptional technical sophistication, whose form is further emphasized by its colors: opaque white, bold and clean, dark mirrored chrome, recalling the preciousness of metal, a darker shade resembling onyx and quartz color, shifting from dark brown to black.
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architectural partnership, founded in Stockholm in 1995 by Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune.
It started as an architectural firm, but has since become an internationally acclaimed and multi-disciplinary office with an equal emphasis on both
architecture and design. They were the first Swedish office exhibiting in the international section at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004,
they are also responsible for award-wining projects such as the Tind Prefab house collection for Fiskarhedenvillan, Widlund House private villa
on Öland, Örsta Gallery building in Kumla, Sfera Building culture house in Kyoto and Nobis Hotel in Stockholm.
They design for well known international companies such as Arflex, Asplund, Blueair, Boffi, Capdell, Cappellini, Casamania, David design, Discipline, Dune NY...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Medium 'Pinecone' Suspension Lamp in Clear Glass & Gold Metal for Fontana Arte
By Paola Navone, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Medium 'Pinecone' suspension lamp in clear glass & gold for Fontana Arte.
Designed by Paola Navone, the diffuser is expertly handcrafted using the ancient caged-blown glass techniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
Nickel-Plated Brass and Glass 1960s Bathroom Set by Fontana Arte, Set of 7 Items
By Fontana Arte
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This Fontana Arte bathroom set is made from a thick cut glass and nickel-plated brass joints. It is composed by 7 different accessories:
1. Wall light.
2. Glass holder ring.
3. Towe...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Postmodern Opaline Glass Sconce No. 2299 by Fontana Arte, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This sconce was manufactured by Fontana Arte in Italy in 1980s.
They have a chrome-plated and varnished metal frame and an encased opaline glass shade.
In addition to this, it featu...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Rare Max Ingrand Mod. 0556/B ceiling lamp for Fontana Arte, Italy 1960's
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Max Ingrand Mod. 0556/B ceiling lamp for Fontana Arte
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian glass Ashtray with original box by Fontana Arte, Model 2502, 1960s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Meda, MB
Gracious ashtray by Fontana Arte produced in Italy around the 60s/70s. Keep its original box. Model 2502.
In Very good Vintage Condition.
Ashtray measurements: 14cm x 9cm H2cm
Box...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Fruit Bowl in Blue Glass by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte "Model 1419", c 1960
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in London, GB
Blue Fruit Bowl "Model 1419" by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, circa 1960
Fontana Arte original label present
In excellent vintage condition. Glass is near perfect. The brass ba...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Backlit Mirror Glass Metal Crome, 1950, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte Illuminated Mirror.
Category
1950s Other Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Mod. 2228 Faceted Glass Table Lamps by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Italy
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in London, GB
An exquisite pair of Mod. 2228 faceted glass table lamps by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Italy, c. 1956. The aquamarine coloured glass base ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Fontana Arte Umbrella Stand
By Fontana Arte
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Fontana Arte Umbrella Stand - Thick glass feet w/ four feet, lacquered wood and glass top and bottom with brass detail.
Wonderful piece.
Italy, 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Magazine Rack, Brass, Glass, 1970s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Manhasset, NY
Fontana Arte, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Magazine Rack, Brass, Glass, 1970s
This Italian mid-century modern magazine rack by Fontana Arte is a wonderful blend of form and function....
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Lampada da Tavolo Brass Opaline Glass 1960 Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte Table Lamp 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Opal
Mid Century Green Crystal Valet Tray by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, 1960
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Conversano, IT
Refined and elegant valet tray in Nile green crystal, designed in 1960 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, one of Italy's most iconic glass and lighting manufacturers.
This sculptural ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Fontana Arte 1970 By Erwin Walter Burger Decorative Art Glass Squared Dish Bowl
By Fontana Arte, Erwin Burger
Located in Miami, FL
Dish bowl designed by Fontana Arte.
A beautiful vintage piece of art-glass, created in Milano Italy by Fontana-Arte, back in the early 1970. This exceptional decorative piece has be...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Max Ingrand Rare Pair of Larger Sconces, Italy, circa 1960
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand (1908-1969) for Fontana Arte
Rare and larger pair of beveled frosted glass oval shaped sconces with chiseled central motif.
Italy, circa 1960.
Dimensions: 9.5 W x 9 H x 4 D
Ref: Martin-Vivier Max Ingrand, p.202
Rewired for use in the USA with one candelabra...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian Important Duilio Dubé Bernabe Fontana Arte Glass Centerpiece Bowl c1950s
By Fontana Arte, Duilio Dubé Bernabe
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Important Duilio Dubé Bernabe Fontana Arte Glass Centerpiece Bowl c1950s
Offered for sale is an original Fontana Arte glass footed centerpiece mad...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Bilia Table Lamp Designed by Gio Ponti in 1931 for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A cone and a sphere: two essential, recognizable geometric shapes. An unpretentious composition, enriched by the extraordinary balance of its proportions and the stylish discretion o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte brass opaline glass chandelier 1955
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Paris, IDF
This brass and opal glass chandelier, designed by Max Ingrand for the iconic Italian lighting manufacturer Fontana Arte, dates back to 1955. Crafted with noble materials and clean lines, this piece reminiscent of a butterfly bowtie epitomises mid-century Italian furniture. The lampshade consists of four curved opal glass blades joining at the center of the chandelier, each half-encased in delicate brass. This blend of materials produces a sophisticated and diffused light, fostering a welcoming ambiance in any interior. This chandelier has been fully restored and electrified, and is found in a beautiful condition, ready to enlighten any space.
Literature : Vitrum, n. 100, February 1958, page 38.
Max Ingrand (1908-1968), French master glassmaker and designer, began his journey in the art of stained glass at Jacques Grüber's workshop. Trained at the Beaux-Arts and the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, he initially restored stained glass windows destroyed during the war and fulfilled state commissions. After World War II, he reopened his workshop in Paris, emerging as a prodigy of light and transparency, as well as a talented designer. As the artistic director of the prestigious Italian lighting manufacturer Fontana Arte from 1954 until his death in 1967, he crafted iconic lighting fixtures...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian mid-century modern round beige wall or ceiling lamp by Fontana Arte 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Round Beige metal and glass Wall or ceiling lamp by Fontana Arte, 1950s
Round wall or ceiling lamp with opaline glass diffuser. On the diffuser of the wall...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
"Nobi" Wall Lamp with Frosted Glass Diffuser by Metis Lighting for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte, Metis Lighting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nobi" is a wall lamp, designed by Metis Lighting and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a matte white (matte RAL 9003), chromed or nickel plated satin metal frame, a frosted gla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Nickel, Chrome, Metal, Aluminum
Fontana Arte "Nobi" LED Wall Lamp Sconce with Glass Diffuser, Metis Lighting
By Metis Lighting, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nobi" is a wall lamp sconce, designed by Metis Lighting and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a frame in chromed or satin nickel metal, an adjustable diffuser in frosted glass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Nickel, Chrome, Metal, Aluminum
Max Ingrand bowl model 2007 Fontana Arte Italy 1960
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Behold the exquisite Glass Bowl Model 2007, a testament to the visionary design of Max Ingrand and the meticulous craftsmanship of Fontana Arte, Italy, in 1960. Crafted from thick gr...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Model 2202 Brass and Crystal Glass Table Lamps by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Almelo, NL
Model 2202 Brass and Crystal Glass Table Lamps by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Model 2202 Brass and Crystal Glass Table Lamps by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. This lamp...
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1960s Italian Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Chandelier inTinted Glass and Gilded Brass by Gino Paroldo, Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Gino Paroldo
Located in London, GB
Fontana Arte glass diamond shaped chandelier consists of eight triangular pieces of tinted and faceted hand cut glass. They have been positio...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mirror by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
Rare Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Curved and beveled amber glass frame, mirrored glass encased in brass trim. Perfect original condition. Dated 26 Ju...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Modernist Rectangular Blue Mirror Model 2014
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte modernist rectangular mirror model 2014 consisting of thick cobalt blue colored strips of crystal glass surrounding original mirrored glass with nickel-p...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Gio Ponti & Pietro Chiesa, Unique Cigars Box, Fontana Arte, Italy, 1930
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Firenze, IT
Unique piece. “Grissinato” turned wood box with decorated blue crystal, blue corrugated crystal lid, hand-decorated. “Pipe smoking man” decoration.
Designed by masters Gio Ponti &...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Vintage "Otero" Table Lamp Model 2748 by R. Dordoni for Fontana Arte, 1984
By Fontana Arte, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Roma, IT
Otero Model 2748 table lamp is an elegant lamp designed and created by the Italian designer Rodolfo Dordoni (Milan, 1954) in the 1984.
Created for Fontana Arte, Italy.
Total dimensions: H 57 x 40 x 40 cm.
Shaped beveled crystal, coloured crystal, and opaline glass.
Manufacturer's original label is also present.
Mint conditions.
Reference: Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte Una storia trasparente, Skira, Milano, 1998, p. 152.
Rodolfo Dordoni (Milan, 1954) is an architect and designer; in Milan he graduated in Architecture. The collaboration with Molteni & C went beyond the production of individual products, but involved the creation of a collection for the dining room and night systems. These projects are characterized by the ability to solve a high-level technology in the product, without it being exhibited but also hidden. Over the years in charge of the artistic direction of Artemide, Cappellini, Fontana Arte, Foscarini, Minotti and Roda, he designs products for various companies: Artemide, Cappellini, Cassina, Ceramica Flaminia, Ceramiche Mutina, Dada, Dornbracht, Driade, Effegibi, Emu, Ernestomeda, Fantini, Fiam Italia, Flos, Flou, FontanaArte, Foscarini, Jab, Kartell, Kettal, knIndustrie, MatteoGrassi, Minotti, Molteni & C, Moroso, Olivari, Pamar, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Roda, RB Rossana...
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1980s Italian Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Tour 3005 - High Table W/4 Wheels by Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Tour is the evolution of the Table with Wheels. Again with wheels, but in this case taken from bicycles, it was a surprising piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Saucer Table Lamp
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in New York, NY
Brass and glass 'Saucer' table lamp by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, with ball joint articulation and frosted glass.
Category
1950s Italian Space Age Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wire
Fontana Arte hand mirror. Italy c1950
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Beautiful early hand mirror by Fontana Arte c1940s Italy.
Both sides are mirror.
In good condition with some age marks visible.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Fontana Arte Sconce Brass Glass, 1955, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Sconce Fontana Arte.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vanity Mirror by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare table Mirror with rose colored glass by Max Ingrand. Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy circa 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte "Equatore" High Floor Lamp Designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti
By Fontana Arte, Oscar e Gabriele Buratti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a floor lamp, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in glass and metal and is part of a collection including table, floor and ceili...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Mirror Mod.2377 Coloured Cut Glass Frame Black Wood
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Catania, IT
Max Ingrand by Fontana Arte mirror mod. 2377, Italy, 1965.
Mirrored coloured yellow/orange cut glass frame black wood fitting.
Perfect vint...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Max Ingrand ceiling lamp model 2448 Fontana Arte 1960
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning ceiling lamp model 2448 designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte in Italy 1960. The lamps feature a round chrome structure that holds thirty-two chiseled gla...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Nickel
Brass mirror by "Fontana Arte" 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Torino, IT
Brass-edged mirror in excellent condition, refined and elegant, 1950s Fontana Arte production
Category
1950s Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte ‘Parco Dei Principi’ Floor Lamp with White Shade
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte, floor lamp ‘Parco dei Principi’ model 1967, brass, glass, lacquered metal, bakelite, Italy, circa 1960
This delicate floor lamp by Gio Ponti is derived f...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Design Pendant by Fontana Arte Model 2492 Ca 1960
By Fontana Arte
Located in Encinitas, CA
Pendant by Fontana Arte model 2492
design: Fontana Arte.
A white matte lacquered aluminium dome mounted with a chrome trim plated section.
Opaline original glass shield. Excellent...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
Sopsensione in chrome and etched glass, Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rare and unusual pendant designed by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte in the late 1960s, chrome cap and white inner reflector. Etched and frosted diffuser glass. In excellent condition, ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Fontana Arte "Optunia" Floor Lamp Designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune
By Claesson Koivisto Rune, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Optunia" is a floor lamp, designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a structure in cast aluminium, available with paints in white, onyx or glossy black nickel-plated colors. Molded cast glass, frosted and painted from behind, working as a diffuser. Base in painted metal. Power source housed in the base for the wall and ceiling versions, in the breadboard for the hanging version or onto a peg in the table version. It's provided with a dimmer inserted on the electrical cord and lighting sources are two 11W LED (3000K, CRI>80, Lumen 1384 + 1384).
"Optunia" is a collection of lighting elements available in four variants for tabletop (with or without stem), floor, wall and ceiling. Its functionality lies in the possibility of rotating the two discs that make up the nearly 360 degrees head, opening up an extraordinary number of lighting combinations. The lower disc rotates on one axis, while the upper disk simultaneously rotates on a second axis, perpendicular to the first.
This double movement gives "Optunia" the advantages of both direct and indirect light emission, exploiting the surface of the wall or ceiling to produce a soft light. Complementing its functionality, the design of such lamp is reminiscent of a form found in nature: the two disks resemble the pads of the prickly pear called "Opuntia ficus-indica", from which the lamp takes its name. A collection of exceptional technical sophistication, whose form is further emphasized by its colors: opaque white, bold and clean, dark mirrored chrome, recalling the preciousness of metal, a darker shade resembling onyx and quartz color, shifting from dark brown to black.
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architectural partnership, founded in Stockholm in 1995 by Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune.
It started as an architectural firm, but has since become an internationally acclaimed and multi-disciplinary office with an equal emphasis on both
architecture and design. They were the first Swedish office exhibiting in the international section at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004,
they are also responsible for award-wining projects such as the Tind Prefab house collection for Fiskarhedenvillan, Widlund House private villa
on Öland, Örsta Gallery building in Kumla, Sfera Building culture house in Kyoto and Nobis Hotel in Stockholm.
They design for well known international companies such as Arflex, Asplund, Blueair, Boffi, Capdell, Cappellini, Casamania, David design, Discipline, Dune NY...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Fontana Arte Box/Empty Pockets/Ashtray Glass Wood, 1950, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte Box/Empty Pockets/Ashtray glass wood, 1950, Italy.
Category
1850s Italian Other Antique Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
20th Century Max Ingrand Floor Lamp Mod. 2156 for Fontana Arte, 1950s
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Turin, Turin
Some notes about the author Max Ingrand: a famous French master glass worker and decorator, he was artistic director of FontanaArte for one decade, starting from 1954. During that ti...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Fontana Arte furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Fontana Arte furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Fontana Arte furniture, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Fontana Arte were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Stilnovo, Barovier&Toso, and Gaetano Sciolari. Prices for Fontana Arte furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,200 and can go as high as $42,800, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $10,400.
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