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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Style: Modern
Creator: Fontana Arte
Odo Fioravanti Fontana Arte Bonnet White Aluminum Wall Lamp, Designed in 2014
By Odo Fioravanti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manufactured in 2017 by Fontana Arte and designed by Odo Fioravanti in 2014, the Bonnet wall lamp in white die-cast aluminum reworks the concept of indirect lighting. The top part co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
David Chipper field Fontana Arte Metal Single Version Chandelier, Designed 2004
By David Chipperfield, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This spectacular chandelier Suspension lamp designed by David Chipper field in 2004 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, 2017, is inspired by those at the court of King Arthur. The Chan...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Fontana Arte Mirrored Crystal Italian Design, 1960s Ashtray Bowl
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
Fontana Arte
1960s
Mirrored crystal
Perfect condiction
Measure: Diameter 16.5 cm, height 2.5 cm.
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Fontana Arte "Setareh" Table Lamp Designed by Francesco Librizzi
By Fontana Arte, Francesco Librizzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a table lamp, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and a sphere in white satin blown glass. The suspended version comes bare or with a white or black lampshade or a metal disc. In the table version the base is in gray or red mineral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold, Chrome
"Flute Magnum" Glass and Aluminum Floor Lamp by Franco Raggi for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte, Franco Raggi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Flute Magnum" is a floor lamp, designed by Franco Raggi and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a transparent borosilicate glass stem, a reflector in polished chromed aluminum, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Metal
Rare Cocktail Table by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
An elegant and early Pietro Chiesa designed cocktail table manufactured by Fontana Arte. Rose gold mirrored glass top inset onto wood dish frame above splayed legs. Early Fontana Art...
Category
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Fontanaarte "Galerie" Marble High Floor Lamp Designed by Federico Peri
By Federico Peri, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Galerie" is a high floor lamp, designed by Federico Peri and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in glass, metal and marble and is part of a collection including two floor and one wall lamps...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
"0024XXL" Pendant Lamp in Glass and Brass Designed by Gio' Ponti for FontanaArte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"0024XXL" is an extra large sized pendant lamp, with triple the diameter of the classic lamp originally designed by Gio' Ponti in 1932, manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a chrome plated brass frame and transparent tempered glass discs. The 11.8" diameter central tubular sandblasted glass diffuser holds four G5 54W fluorescent light sources with DALI digital electronic power supply. The four suspension cables are housed in the canopy cover and the required length should be indicated at time of ordering.
DIMENSIONS: Ø 55.7", H. 54.5"
The lamp is levelled once mounted, using special tensioners fitted to the suspension cables. A version with methacrylate discs and/or emergency lighting is available upon request. In this case, two beams of light ensure about one hour of autonomy without power supply. Ceiling strength should be verified in advance, due to the weight of the lamp (about 661 Lbs for glass disc version and about 440 Lbs for the methacrylate disc version).
GIO' PONTI, right from the start, was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design as an eclectic character. He graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1920 and was art director for Richard Ginori from 1923-1930. In 1926, with editor Gianni Mazzocchi, he founded the magazine Domus, staying on as editor until his death. He was invited to take over the art direction of Luigi Fontana in 1931 and in 1932 he founded FontanaArte with Pietro Chiesa.
He was one of the promoters of the Compasso d’Oro Award and a founder member of the ADI (Italian association for industrial design), as well as curating programmes for the Milan Triennale on many events and teaching at Milan Polytechnic.
He designed numerous famous public and private buildings, including the houses in Via De Togni, the tower-house in Corso Venezia, offices for
RAI and Ferrania, the Littoria tower in Parco Sempione, the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan, Taranto Cathedral, Villa Planchart in Caracas and Denver
Museum of Modern Art. In the field of design he created timeless furniture, lighting and objects for FontanaArte, as well as the Superleggera chair
and furniture for Cassina, Christofle cutlery and Richard Ginori china.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Max Ingrand Table Lamp Mod. 2488 for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1970s
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Milan, IT
Monumental and rare Max Ingrand table lamp mod. 2488 for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1970s
Reference: Fontana Arte Catalogue, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Rare Fontana Arte Flute Magnum Floor Standing Glass and Chrome Lamp
By Fontana Arte
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original RRP £4500 Fontana Arte Magnum uplighter lamps in glass and chrome
These lamps are exceptionally stylish, pure han...
Category
20th Century English Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Fontana Arte "Setareh" Small Pendant Lamp Designed by Francesco Librizzi
By Fontana Arte, Francesco Librizzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a small pendant lamp, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and a sph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold, Chrome
Alvaro Siza Fontana Arte Falena Table Lamp in Chromed Metal, Designed in 1994
By Fontana Arte, Alvaro Siza
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Alvaro Siza and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Falena Table Lamp comes in chromed metal, designed in 1994. It is a representation of lightness and elegance for this fa...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Setareh Pendant Lamp with Glass Diffuser by Francesco Librizzi for Fontana Arte
By Francesco Librizzi, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a large pendant lamp with glass diffuser, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and a sphere in white satin blown glass. This suspended version comes with a white or black glass lampshade Ø 33.5". In the table version the base is in gray or red mineral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Gold, Chrome, Metal
"Equatore" Low Floor Lamp by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Oscar e Gabriele Buratti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a low floor lamp perfect for reading, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made in glass and metal and i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Galerie" Low Floor Lamp Designed by Federico Peri for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Federico Peri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Galerie" is a low floor lamp perfect for reading, designed by Federico Peri and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made in glass, metal and marble and is pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
Pair of Fontana Arte Flute Magnum Floor Standing Glass and Chrome Lamp
By Fontana Arte
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original RRP £4500 Fontana Arte Magnum uplighter lamps in glass and chrome
These lamps are exceptionally stylish, pure han...
Category
20th Century English Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Fontana Arte, Very Rare Pietro Chiesa, Glass, Smokey Ashtray, Acid and FX Signed
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an early Fontana rare ashtray signed with both FX and Fontana Italy, this kind of work was made under the direction of both Pietro Chiesa and Max Ingrained.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vintage Vase Lamp by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Roma, IT
Vase-lamp in lacquered metal and brass, satin white glass diffuser made by Fontana Arte, Italian company founded in Milan in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti.
Specializing in g...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
"Setareh" Pendant Lamp with Metal Disk by Francesco Librizzi for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte, Francesco Librizzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a large pendant lamp with a metal disk as a diffuser, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a structure in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold, Chrome
Pierluigi Cerri Fontana Arte Sara Floor Lamp Aluminum and Metal, Designed 1994
By Gregotti Associati, Fontana Arte, Pierluigi Cerri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Pierluigi Cerri for Gregotti Associati in 1994 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Sara floor lamp is a family of table and floor lamps with frame in aluminum or chrome color painted metal and diffuser in white screen-printed polycarbonate. Sara was designed in 1994, marking the introduction of plastics into the FontanaArte collection.
The lamp is available in aluminum A...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Matti Klenell Fontana Arte Bianca Suspension Lamp in Blown Glass, Designed 2015
By Fontana Arte, Matti Klenell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Matti Klenell in 2015 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Bianca suspension lamp is a family of lamps with diffuser in blown glass, comprising pendant, floor, wall/ceiling and table versions, the latter with or without base. Its beautifully balanced shape is enriched and made unique by
an orderly series of delicate, light grooves that, on the white volume of the glass, look like tiny prints...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Franco Raggi Fontana Arte Aluminum Flute Suspension Lamp, Designed in 1999
By Fontana Arte, Franco Raggi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From designer Franco Raggi manufactured by Fontana Arte, the flute suspension lamp was designed in 1999 and is a glass cone that holds the chromed aluminium reflector, supported by t...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Fontana Arte Lampara Suspension Lamp in Natural Aluminum, Designed 1965
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From the archives of Fontana Arte, the Lampara Suspension Lamp in natural
aluminium with white painted interior was designed in 1965. It is reminiscent of Industrial architecture, a...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"3247" White Frosted Blown Glass Floor Lamp Designed by FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"3247" is a floor lamp, coming from the classic table lamp called "3247TA", originally designed by FontanaArte in 1954, manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a nickel plated metal f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Nickel
"Setareh" Pendant Lamp with Three Glass Balls by Francesco Librizzi
By Francesco Librizzi, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a large pendant lamp with three glass balls, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and three sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Gold, Metal, Chrome
Odo Fioravanti Fontana Arte Bonnet Polished Aluminum Wall Lamp, Designed in 2014
By Odo Fioravanti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manufactured in 2017 by Fontana Arte and designed by Odo Fioravanti in 2014, the Bonnet wall lamp in polished aluminum reworks the concept of indirect lighting. The top part conceals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Fontana Arte "Setareh" Large Pendant Lamp Designed by Francesco Librizzi
By Fontana Arte, Francesco Librizzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a large pendant lamp, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and a sphere in white satin blown glass. This suspended version comes bare with no lampshade or diffuser. In the table version the base is in gray or red mineral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Gold, Chrome, Metal
Umberto Riva "Franceschina" Floor Lamp for Fontana Arte, 1989
By Fontana Arte, Umberto Riva
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful floor lamp by designed by Umberto Riva in 1989 for Fontana Arte in aluminum, bronze and Murano glass.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Candle "Bambu" Table Lamp Huge Version, Campana Brothers by Fontana Arte, 2000
By Fontana Arte, Campana Brothers
Located in Munich, DE
Table lamp "BAMBU" design by Fernando and Humberto Campana, 2000. Manufactured by Candle (Fontana Arte). Cream white lacquered metal, bamboo sticks.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte Glass Tray by Dube, Duilio Barnabe, Abstract Painting, Signed
By Duilio Dubé Bernabe, Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice abstract glass painted tray, by the well-known artist, Duilio Barnabe. Signed "Dube" it measures 14 x 14 square high 1.5.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte "Setareh" Pendant Lamp with Two Glass Balls by Francesco Librizzi
By Francesco Librizzi, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a large pendant lamp with two glass balls, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and two sphere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Gold, Metal, Chrome
Minimal Modern Fontana Arte Amax Suspension Pendant Black Charles Williams 2004
By Fontana Arte, Charles Williams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fontana Arte Amax Suspension pendant black small pendant black.
interpretation of the classic Fontana Arte lampshade, Amax is a family of suspension and floor lamps, available in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Fontana Arte 3247TA Table Lamp in White Frosted Blown Glass, Designed in 1954
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of floor and table lamps with diffuser in frosted white blown glass and structure in nickel-plated metal.
The diffuser is available in white frosted blown glass...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte Italian Modernist Brass and Frosted Glass Chandelier
By Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modernist (1940s) design horizontal form chandelier with 2 dark frosted glass bow shaped side panels centering an oval light frosted bottom panel with a brass tubular trim fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Tripod" Three Tubular Steel Legs Floor Lamp by Front Design for Fontana Arte
By Front Design, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tripod" is a floor lamp, designed by Front Design and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring three legs in painted tubular steel, adjustable spots with a dimmer pedal and a sphere in white frosted opal blown glass. Its lighting sources are 3 x 17W LED (3000K, CRI>80, Lumen 1750).
Dimensions:
D 21.5", W 21.5", H 68.1".
Slender, elegant and extremely long legs give this floor lamp a sense of lightness, yet also of great stability. Like the ancient Greek tripod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Steel, Brass
Odo Fioravant Fontana Arte Volee Wall Lamp in Aluminum, Designed in 2015
By Odo Fioravanti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Odo Fioravant and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Volley is a Led luminaire of the latest generation, in which the formal research is combined with technological innova...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Fontana Arte 30" Amelie Table Lamp Murano Glass by Harry & Camila, Italy 2004
By Fontana Arte
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Wonderful large 'Amelie' table lamp with a white Murano glass shade on a silver aluminium base. The lighting shines both downwards and upwards and can be switched on and off as requi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Charles Williams Fontana Arte Amax Outdoor Floor Lamp, 2008
By Fontana Arte, Charles Williams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Charles Williams for Fontana Arte in 2008, the Amax is a big outdoor lamp with a translucent white polyethylene diffuser. The lamp is made with an iron base and aluminium...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Fontana Arte Pudding Aluminium Suspension Lamp, Designed 1995
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From the archives of Fontana Arte, the pudding suspension lamp was designed in 1995 and is made of faceted anodized and cast aluminum reflector that looks like a pudding mold. It is ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Fontana Arte Lampara Chandelier Industrial Pendant Red Lacquered metal
By Fontana Arte
Located in Sacile, PN
Red Lampara chandelier, Classic Industrial design. Big dimensions.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Modern Neoclassical Glass Chandelier by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in New York, NY
An elegant, sober Italian midcentury pendant / chandelier designed by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte in the Modern Neoclassical Style (Novecento) with six fluted arms in enameled met...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Franceschina Table Lamp by Umberto Riva for Fontana Arte, 1989
By Umberto Riva, Fontana Arte
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Table lamp, model Franceschina. Designed by Umberto Riva in 1989. Produced by Fontana Arte with the highest quality materials such as bronze and soft satin opaline glass. A design th...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Important and Sculptural Unique Ico Parisi and Fontana Arte Dining Table, 1950
By Ico Parisi, Fontana Arte
Located in Rome, IT
Important and unique dining table disegned by Ico Parisi for a private residence in Roma, circa 1950
this dining table coming from a private house in Rome ,designed by Ico Parisi ...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
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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