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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Recognized Seller Listings
Fontana Arte "Equatore" High Floor Lamp Designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti
By Oscar e Gabriele Buratti, Fontana Arte
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Studio Beretta Fontana Arte Passion Table Lamp in Glass and Metal, Designed 2004
By Fontana Arte, Studio Beretta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Studio Beretta in 2004 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the passion table lamp is a harmonious union of the delicateness of frosted glass and the pureness of metal.
The...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Sillabone" Wall and Ceiling Lamp Designed by Piero Castiglioni for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Sillabone" is a wall and ceiling lamp, designed by Piero Castiglioni and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a metal frame and a heat-resistant sandblasted glass diffuser. "Sillabone"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Pinecone" Large Pendant Lamp Designed by Paola Navone for FontanaArte
By Paola Navone, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pinecone" is a large pendant lamp, designed by Paola Navone and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a lampshade in transparent or frosted white blown glass and a metal cage with nicke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Slot" Wall and Ceiling Lamp Designed by David Chipperfield for FontanaArte
By David Chipperfield, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Slot" is an architectural wall and ceiling lighting system, designed by David Chipperfield and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a series of recessed wall or ceiling lamps for indirect light emission, a matte white epoxy powder coated metal frame housing fluorescent dimmable bulbs. A cover, held in place by neodymium magnets, makes the fixture easy to assemble and maintain. Slot fits a dimmable electronic power supply (1-10V) and can be mounted with or without its housing (required for plasterboard false ceilings).
DIMENSIONS: D. 3.74", W. 3.74", H. 59.45"
For correct installation the lamp includes a 0.15"-slit on all 4 sides. Its lighting source is one × 35W (FL) G5 FH or one × 49W (FL) G5 FQ or one × 80W (FL) G5 FQ. The minimal design creates a lighting effect similar to a spotlight beam on a wall. This makes "Slot" especially suitable for private and public spaces that require non-invasive yet decorative lighting effects. A series of recessed lamps for walls or ceilings that gives indirect light. The structure is in matt white epoxy powder coated metal and houses one or more dimmable fluorescent lamps. Its essential design creates a luminous effect similar to a blade of light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Max Ingrand Rare Pair of Larger Sconces, Italy, circa 1960
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Nickel, Metal
Cheshire Floor Lamp by Gamfratesi for Fontana Arte
By GamFratesi Design Studio, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
It echoes the studio’s Nordic imprint in its simplicity and functional aspects. The opaline polycarbonate diffuser ensures soft lighting, while the colored ones spread the light down...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Tour Table with Glass Top Designed by Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tour is the evolution of the table with wheels. Again with wheels, but in this case taken from bicycles, it was a surprising piece. The beveled float glass top, 0.6" thick, rests on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
"Uovo" Led Table Lamp in Metal Frame and Blown Glass Designed by FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Uovo" is a table lamp, coming from the classic table lamp originally designed by FontanaArte in 1974, manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a white painted steel frame and a diffus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Steel
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Nickel, Chrome, Metal, Aluminum
Karim Rashid Fontana Arte Kinx Table Lamp in Aluminium, Zama Alloy Designed 2015
By Fontana Arte, Karim Rashid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Karim Rashid and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Kinx table lamp was designed in 2015.The head is made in aluminium alloy with the base in Zama alloy with both die cast...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Equatore" Small Pendant Lamp by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Oscar e Gabriele Buratti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a small pendant lamp, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made in glass and metal and is part of a collection including table, floor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
FontanaArte "Luminator" LED Blue or White Metal Floor Lamp by Pietro Chiesa
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Luminator" is a floor lamp, coming from the iconic floor lamp originally designed by Pietro Chiesa in 1933, manufactured by FontanaArte, providing an indirect light emission, featur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Giova" Table Lamp + Flower Pot Designed by Gae Aulenti for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte, Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Giova" is a refined table lamp and flower pot hybrid piece of design, designed by Gae Aulenti and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a chromed metal base, a middle globe in transparent blown glass, an inner globe in polished white opaline glass, an upper half-sphere in pink blown glass with decorative bubbles, black power cable, plug and switch. Its lighting source is 1 x 100W 230V E27 (HA, FL, LED).
DIMENSIONS:
Ø 19.7", H. 23.2"
"Giova" marks the debut of Gae Aulenti in the field of lighting design. Available in two sizes, it is both a lamp and a luminous sculpture. Placed on a metal base, a transparent bowl containing a sphere of white opal glass, which in turn houses the light source. Placed above there's a smaller bowl in blown "pulegoso" glass, meaning "with irregular bubbles", which serves as a flower vase. Now also available with gray "pulegoso" glass and a gold finished base.
GAE AULENTI graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1953 and since 1956 has been working there designing for architecture, interior and industrial design and theatre scenery. In the early eighties she was the artistic director at FontanaArte, creating timeless lamps and furnishing elements for the company that are still in the catalogue. In particular: Giova lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Gold, Metal
Livio and Piero Castiglioni Fontana Arte Scintilla Suspension Lamp, 1972
By Fontana Arte, Livio Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Fontana Arte Scintilla Suspension lamp by Livio and Piero Castiglioni was designed in 1972. The absolutely novel Scintilla system combines the essential versatility of a decor...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Fontana Glass Table Designed by Pietro Chiesa in 1932 for Fontana Arte
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Pietro Chiesa, it was an extraordinary piece of essentiality and elegance. This coffee table is made from a double curved single piece of thick glass (15 mm). Available i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Flex Wall Lamp by Karim Rashid for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Karim Rashid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flex is a wall lamp with an icon minimal shape.
Designed to comply with electrical standards for wall lights, this aeronautically inspired Luminaire in die cast aluminum manages to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Cheshire Table Lamp by Gamfratesi for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
It echoes the studio’s Nordic imprint in its simplicity and functional aspects. The opaline polycarbonate diffuser ensures soft lighting, while the colored one spreads the light down...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vertigo Mirrored Floor Lamp by Marco Acerbis for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Marco Acerbis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This indirect light floor lamp with its distinctive sharp corners and edges is the result of folding a Fine sheet of aluminum. The structure is mounted on a steel base and can be rotated 320°.
Indirect beam floor lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Naska 1" Aluminum and Steel Table Lamp Designed by FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Naska 1" is a classic table lamp, with the arm that can be moved in all directions, originally designed by FontanaArte in 1933, manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a base and ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Fontana Arte Uovo Outdoor Lamp in Opaline White Polyethylene, Designed in 2008
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From the archives of Fontana Arte, the uovo outdoor lamp is made in opaline white polyethylene and designed in 2008. This outdoor version has a diffuser in opaline white polyethylene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Opaline Glass
Fontana Arte Naska Wall Lamp in Steel and Aluminum, Designed in 1933
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Naska family of lamps is a classic from the 1933 Fontana Arte archives manufactured in 2017. Made of steel and aluminum, it is simple and functional, with a revolving, adjustable...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
"006/2" Frosted Blown Glass & Chromed Metal Wall Lamps Designed by FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"006/2" are two wall lamps, designed and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a chromed metal frame and white frosted blown glass diffusers.
Thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Mano Table Lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa in 1932 for Fontana Arte
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This lamp, a trendsetter thanks to its irony and elegance, comprises a base and hand in marble powder and resin and a square section stem in metal.
The diffuser is in black fabric.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Yumi Carbon Fiber Floor Lamp by Shigeru Ban for Fontana Arte
By Shigeru Ban, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Absolute synthesis destined to become a new universal Classic.
Essential design meets a sturdy lightweight structure in a composite of fiberglass and carbon fiber.
The 170 dimmable...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti Fontana Arte 0024 Suspension Lamp in Glass and Brass, Designed in 1932
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the 0024 suspension lamp was designed in 1932 and made from transparent tempered glass discs, tubular sandblasted glass diffuser and a chrome-plated brass frame with canopy and all frame trim in chromed.
The lamp features a series of horizontal discs in clear tempered glass for a true light...
Category
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Charles Williams Fontana Arte Amax Suspension Lamp, Metal and Polyethylene, 2003
By Charles Williams, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 2003 by Charles Williams for Fontana Arte, the Amax suspension lamp is an extra-large interpretation of the Classic FontanaArte lampshade. Amax is a family of suspension ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
"Tavolino 1932" Coffee Table Designed by Gio' Ponti for FontanaArte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tavolino 1932" is a classic coffee table, originally designed by Gio' Ponti in 1932 and manufactured by FontanaArte, made of two 0.59" th. discs of float glass and featuring a frame in polished nickel plated brass.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
Ø 24", H. 24"
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, Nickel
Max Ingrand Rare Pair of Modernist Sconces Model 2213 in Glass and Brass
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte rare and exquisite pair of modernist sconces or wall lights with light blue bent cut and bevelled glass and smaller central bent frosted glass held by br...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte "Nobi" LED Floor Lamp in Chrome or Nickel Designed, Metis Lighting
By Metis Lighting, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nobi" is a floor lamp, designed by Metis Lighting and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a frame in chromed or satin nickel metal, adjustable diffusers in frosted glass and alu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Nickel, Metal, Aluminum
Max Ingrand Sconces
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Pair of sconces #2439 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte.
Thick slabs of crystal with chiseled edges. White glass front-pieces and brass structures. Each sconce has three candelabra so...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Flute Magnum" Glass and Aluminum Pendant Lamp by Franco Raggi for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte, Franco Raggi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Flute Magnum" is a pendant lamp, designed by Franco Raggi and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a transparent borosilicate glass diffuser, a reflector in polished chromed aluminum a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Charles Williams Fontana Arte Avico Suspension Lamp in Polyethylene, 2006
By Fontana Arte, Charles Williams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 2006 by Charles Williams for Fontana Arte, the Avico is a big-impact suspension lamp, spectacular thanks to its large sizes, available in 47.2" and 63” diameters. The lam...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
"Kanji" Blown Glass Thin Table Lamp Designed by Denis Guidone for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Denis Guidone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Kanji" is a thin table lamp, designed by Denis Guidone and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in blown glass with two finishes, transparent smoky gray and frosted white, and structure and handle in black painted metal. It's provided with a dimmer and lighting source is 10W LED (2700K, CRI>80, Lumen 1000).
Dimensions:
Ø 12.2", H.: 20.2"
"Kanji" is a collection of lighting elements that reinterprets traditional Oriental portable lanterns in a contemporary vision. Available in tabletop and ceiling models, it draws inspiration from Chinese porcelain dating from the Ming dynasty. The hand-blown glass diffuser, in frosted white and translucent smoky gray, is adorned with a pleated surface decoration.
A LED ring runs inside the structure and magically illuminates the diffuser. Evocative of Far East not only as form but also as a name, as "Kanji" are characters of Chinese origin used in Japanese writing in conjunction with the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, "Kanji" is designed to be used alone or in pairs, with each form amplifying the aesthetic power of the other.
Denis Guidone studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and at FAUP in Oporto. He won numerous international awards, including the IDA Design Award in Los Angeles. He was also given the Bruno Munari Prize by Gillo Dorfles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
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
Fontana Arte Flute Wall Lamp by Franco Raggi
By Fontana Arte, Franco Raggi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A glass cone holds the chromed aluminium reflector, supported by three slender metal rods. Equilibrium and lightness for this family of lamps available in floor and wall versions, fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
Daruma Table Lamp designed by Sergio Asti in 1968 for Fontana Arte
By Sergio Asti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
On show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Daruma was produced in 1968 to a design by Sergio Asti. Comprising two diffuser elements in glossy white blown glass, this table lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
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
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
"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
Teso Glass Table Designed by Renzo Piano in 1985 for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Renzo Piano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Renzo Piano made his design debut with a coordinated line of furnishing systems for Fontana Arte, using only one material: Glass, symbol of the company’s production history. Availabl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Volée Table Lamp by Odo Fioravanti for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Odo Fioravanti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Volee is a led luminaire of the latest generation, in which the formal research is combined with technological innovation. Featured by an essential design, Volée.
Switches on with a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Luminator Floor Lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa in 1933 for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lamp with such a modern personality that its date of birth 1933 is hard to believe. A long, narrow stem opens in an upward swoop to catch an upturned cone that hides the light sour...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte "Pinecone" Blown Glass Pendant Lamp Designed by Paola Navone
By Paola Navone, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pinecone" is a pendant lamp, designed by Paola Navone and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a lampshade in transparent or frosted white blown glass and a metal cage with nicke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
FontanaArte 'Avico' Black Pendant Lamp Designed by Charles Williams
By Fontana Arte, Charles Williams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Avico" is an outdoor pendant lamp, designed by Charles Williams and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a translucent white polyethylene diffuser, a metal canopy with cataphoresis protective coating and anodized aluminum color finish and a rigid stem.
Its lighting sources are 3 x 100W (HA) Eco Saver E27 or 3 x 33W (FL) E27.
Dimensions: Ø 63", Canopy's H. 31.5", Total H. 189"
Extra-large semispherical shape for this outdoor hanging lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Rare chandelier by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Screens of glazed white diffuser glass mounting of shiny nickel-plated brass.
Extremely rare and elegant chandelier by Fontana Arte.
Published.
Bibl: "Novità 1967 Fontana Arte",...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Art Parola Table Lamp Designed by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni
By Fontana Arte, Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni, the Parola lamp features three different kinds of glass working processes: opaline blown glass for the adjus...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Bianca Small Table Lamp Without Stem by Matti Klenell from Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Matti Klenell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bianca small table lamp without stem by Matti Klenell from Fontana Arte.
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
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Koho Outdoor Lamp by Mika Tolvanen for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Mika Tolvanen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rechargeable lamp that can easily be moved and placed exactly where
light is needed, with no cables to get in the way. It has a lid, which comes in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Stunning Pair of Fontana Arte Sconces by Nathalie Grenon
By Nathalie Grenon, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Nathalie Grenon for Fontana Arte.
A stunning pair of Fontana Arte glass and polished brass sconces, designed by Nathalie Grenon for Bulgari in 1990.
So...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Milano 2015 Marble Table Lamp Designed by Carlo Colombo for Fontana Arte
By Carlo Colombo, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp designed by Carlo Colombo and made from the finest and most valuable Carrara marble. The lamp has a LED board that glows with magical light, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Teso Glass Console Designed by Renzo Piano in 1985 for Fontana Arte
By Renzo Piano, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Renzo Piano made his design debut with a coordinated line of furnishing systems for FontanaArte, using only one material: Glass, symbol of the company’s production history. Dimension...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Glass
Bianca Medium Table Lamp with Stem by Matti Klenell from Fontana Arte
By Matti Klenell, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bianca medium table lamp with stem by Matti Klenell from Fontana Arte.
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
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
Bianca Medium Table Lamp Without Stem by Matti Klenell from Fontana Arte
By Matti Klenell, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bianca medium table lamp without stem by Matti Klenell from Fontana Arte.
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
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Furniture
Materials
Metal
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
"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
David Chipper field Fontana Arte Metal Single Version Chandelier, Designed 2004
By Fontana Arte, David Chipperfield
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 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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