Fontana Arte Lighting
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.
Find vintage Fontana Arte lighting fixtures such as pendants, table lamps and more on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Fontana Arte
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' Table Lamp in White and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in white and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Max Ingrand Rare Pairs of Sconces Model 2373
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte rare pairs or set of 4 sconces model 2373 consisting each of two plates of chiseled, opaque, and polished glass with polished brass mounts on painted alu...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
$16,000 / set
Pietro Chiesa For Fontana Arte Brass & Murano Glass Torchiere
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Brass & Murano glass Torchiere
Italy, 20th century
A rare model, of seamless organic tiered design, fitted wit...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
$11,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Pietro Chiesa Fontana Arte Italian Modern Brass & Glass Wall Lights
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of midcentury Italian Modern brass and glass wall lights / sconces (Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte ceiling suspension model 1239
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte ceiling suspension model 1239
Designed and made in Italy, 1960s
Takes 3 medium base bulbs.
Rewired for US.
Brass was beautifully restored.
Overall drop i...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gio Ponti 'Bilia' Table Lamp in Glossy Black and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia' table lamp in glossy black and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company to manufacture their desi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
1960's Brass and Murano Glass Pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Schoorl, NL
Very elegant 1960's pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Model 1933, from the Micro series.
The iconic double lens cut panels of thick (2cm) profiled polished Murano glass with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Massive Italian Glass Egg Lamp on Travertine Base by Ben Swildens
By Fontana Arte, Ben Swildens
Located in San Diego, CA
An amazing extra large egg-shaped glass, sitting on a solid travertine base freshly rewired, with a cloth cord the lamp is absolutely gorgeous and very rare it takes a regular lightb...
Category
20th Century Italian Space Age Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Travertine
Single Flush Mount by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flush mount ceiling lights by Fontana Arte. Manufactured in Italy, circa 1960's. Enameled metal, textured glass, brass finials. Rewired for U.S. standards. We recommend two E27 60w m...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Lamp Ali Model by Denis Santachiara for Fontana Arte, Italy
By Fontana Arte, Denis Santachiara
Located in Milan, Italy
Ali model in layered glass and transparent glass structure
Original label Prod. Fontana Arte, 1986. Designed by Denis Santachiara.
Biography
Denis Santachiara, born in 1950 in Camp...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Glass
sandblasted galss & chrome plated metal 1960s 2137 wall lamp by Fontana Arte
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Fontana Arte wall light Italy, 1960s production.
Chrome plated metal structure and sandblasted opaline glass shade.
Four lights with E14 socket.
Support LED
Excellent condition.
Po...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Crystal Glass Chandelier by Pietro Chiesa
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large vintage Art Deco Italian chandelier, ceiling light made of hand crafted brass and partially etched, hand blown smoked crystal glass, designed by Pietro Chiesa and produced by FontanaArte, in good condition. The wires have been renewed. Wear consistent with age and use. Circa 1930 - 1950, Milan, Italy.
Pietro Chiesa was an Italian designer born in 1892, in Milan, Italy and passed away in 1948, Paris, France. Chiesa finished his apprenticeship in the studio of the furniture designer, interior decorator Giovan Battista Gianotti in Milan. Chiesa comes from an artistic family, he opened his own glass making studio, Botega di Pietro Chiesa in 1921 Milan. Chiesa concentrated mainly on designing glass, he treated glass like a valuable material.
Fontana Arte is an Italian lighting and design company founded in 1931 Milan, Italy. Founded by the two well-known Italian architect and designers Giovanni Ponti...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Table Lamp Katiuscia by Gianni Celada for Fontana Arte, 1960s
By Gianni Celada, Fontana Arte
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Table lamp Katiuscia (model N° 298) by Gianni Celada for Fontana Arte, 1960s.
The lamp is in very good vintage condition. It is made of white ABS plastic and white translucent plexi...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Rare Crystal Chandelier Model 2270
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte rare chandelier or ceiling light model 2270 each consisting of a large satin or acid-etched glass disc with 12 plates of chiseled, acid-etched, and polis...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
EQUATORE - Small Floor Lamp - Metal Base Matt Gold by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Equatore is a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic lamp with a glass shade. While the traditional abat-jour uses the shade to contain the light source within, in this family ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Glass Wall Sconce, circa 1960
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in New York, NY
Wall sconces with clear shield-shaped glass, with a single brass candelabra light holder, supported on a black painted metal circular wall mount. (Three available).
by Max Ingrand ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Sconces by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Sconces by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1940s. Brass with opaline glass diffusers. Each light takes two E27 40w maximum bulbs. Bu...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Glass Flush Mount Chandelier #1748 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, 1957
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
The Italian Glass Flush Mount / Chandelier / Pendant, Model #1748 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte is one of the most iconic pieces of this legendary designer who dominated the world ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' Table Lamp in Copper and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in copper and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company to manufacture their desig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Table Lamps by Fontana Arte
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Dallas, TX
This timeless design was first introduced in 1954, designed by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. The Tris table lamps are constructed of a solid chromed brass stem, two frosted glass s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
$4,400 / set
Pair of Italian Fontana Arte Leaf Motif Glass Hanging Lanterns
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian 1940s hanging lanterns with 2 green metal leaf design arms between 2 shaped floral etched glass panels canopy. (FONTANA ARTE; designed attributed: PIETRO CHIESA) (PRI...
Category
20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte Ceiling Pendants Model 2406, a pair
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fontana Arte ceiling pendants model 2406, a pair
Designed and made in Italy in 1960s.
Pendant's body is 12.5" in height
Take one medium base bulb each.
Complimentary US rewiring upon...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
$11,500 / set
Crystal and Brass Desk Lamp 0836 by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Dronten, NL
Crystal, frosted glass and brass desk lamp model "836" by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte.
Refined architectural design that is very practical in daily use.
Italian classic with just...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Rare 1st edition Giova lamp by Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte, 1964
By Fontana Arte, Gae Aulenti
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Splendid Giova lamp designed by Gae Aulenti in 1964 for Fontana Arte, the famous Italian lighting design house.
It has the particularity of having 2 possibi...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass
Fontana Arte Model 2404 Frosted glass and Chrome Sconces, Italy, 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Two pairs of Fontana Arte Model 2404 sconces in chrome-plated brass and frosted glass.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Fontana Glass Table Lamp Designed by Max Ingrand in 1954 for Fontana Arte
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An evergreen, timeless design icon, this is the lampshade par excellence.
A fabulous lamp in frosted white blown glass, an example of the art of master glassmakers, it pays tribute ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Charles Williams "Amax" Pendant for Fontana Arte, Metal and Polyethylene, 2005
By Fontana Arte, Charles Williams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extra large AMAX pendant lamp designed in 2003 by Charles Williams and manufactured by Fontana Arte in 2005
The pendant is in very good used condition, the acrylic frame has minimal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Acrylic
Large Fontana Arte 'Tropico' White Marble & Glass Table Lamp by Studio Buratti
By Oscar e Gabriele Buratti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Fontana Arte 'Tropico' white marble & glass table lamp by Studio Buratti.
Executed in high quality marble, thick etched hand blown opaline glass and galvanized gold colored me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Small White Glass Table Lamp by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Model 1853, Italy
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Small white glass table lamp by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Model 1853, Italy.
Originally named Model 1853, this beautiful and timeless lamp was designed in 1954 by French decorato...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Ben Swildens For Fontana Arte “Uovo” or Egg Table Lamp, Italy 1970s
By Ben Swildens, Fontana Arte
Located in Naples, IT
Uovo' table lamp, an elegant shape made of satinised white blown glass, which uniformly diffuses a warm and enveloping light.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Glass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Rare Colored Glass Chandelier or Pendant Model 2073
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte rare chandelier model 2073 consisting of a satin or acid-etched glass globe diffuser inside four thick square plates ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
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 Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Fatua Table Lamp by Guido Rosati for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Rare "Fatua" table lamp by Guido Rosati for Fontana Arte. Totally composed by a glass cylinder with sandy part to better diffuse the light source hidden.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Glass
$1,587 Sale Price
20% Off
Max Ingrand model 1937 flush mount Fontana Arte Italy 1961
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
The rare flush mount ceiling lamp, model 1937, was designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte in Italy in 1961. This exquisite lamp features a beautiful diamond-shaped ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Table Lamp in Green Crystal Glass by Pietro Chiesa, Italy, 1940 ca.
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Table lamp with religious female figure made by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy 1940 ca.
Maria,the figure in the middle, is in patinated glass, the item is in squared green c...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' Table Lamp in Brass and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in brass and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company to manufacture their design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Suspension Light by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Suspension light by Fontana Arte. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s. Satin glass diffuser, satin nickel hardware. Custom...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Nickel
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1940's Large Satin Glass Pendant Attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Art
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Schoorl, NL
This elegant, surprisingly large pendant light consisting of a brass frame and one unique large glass reflector. In the center 6 electrical E14 polychromed metal sockets and a brass stem.
Please note, we have multiple ‘saucer’- lighting in stock.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Glass
Rare Table Lamp by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare and monumental table lamp created by the famous designer Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s.
It is one of the most iconic lamps of 1940s Italian design, elegant and p...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum, Brass
$16,359 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Pendant by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian pendant with a large frosted glass shade suspended with three blue glass balls on nickel frame / Made in Italy by Fontana Arte, circa 1970s
Original sticker on the ce...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Nickel
$3,150 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Fontana Arte wall or ceiling light
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
Large Fontana Arte wall light / sconce or ceiling light
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fontana Arte 1960 Italy Milan Very Rare Table Desk Lamp In Glass And Hardware
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Steel
$6,989 Sale Price
30% Off
"Equatore" Large Table Lamp Designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti
By Fontana Arte, Oscar e Gabriele Buratti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a table 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 and ceil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
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 Lighting
Materials
Brass, Wire
Model 2211 Suspension Light by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Suspension light by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960. Glass diffusers, brushed satin glass internal cylinders, brass armature and hardware...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' Table Lamp in Nickel and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in nickel and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company to manufacture their desig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Luminator Lamp, Pietro Chiesa
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Luminator lamp, created by Pietro Chiesa for FontanaArte. Luminator consists of a thin metal shaft that opens into a cone shape and inside of which is the light source.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' Table Lamp in Yellow and Opaline Glass for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in yellow and opaline glass for Fontana Arte.
In 1931, Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa approached the Luigi Fontana Company t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal
Alvaro Siza "Falena" Floor Lamp
By Alvaro Siza, Fontana Arte
Located in Chicago, IL
Alvaro Siza for Fontana Arte.
The Falena floor lamp features a aluminum swing arm mounded on a glass base.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1960's Brass & Murano Glass Pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Schoorl, NL
Very elegant 1960's pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Model 1933, from the Micro series.
The iconic double lens cut panels of thick (2cm) profiled polished Murano glass with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Glass
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 Lighting
Materials
Glass
$10,592 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Fontana Arte 'Tropico' Black Marble & Glass Table Lamp by Studio Buratti
By Fontana Arte, Oscar e Gabriele Buratti
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Fontana Arte 'Tropico' black marble & glass table lamp by Studio Buratti. Executed in high quality marble, thick etched hand blown opaline glass and galvanized glossy black met...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Sputnik Cut-Glass Chandelier by Fontana Arte, 1960s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Palermo, PA
Chandelier designed by Fontana Arte, crafted in the 1960s. This masterpiece of lighting showcases the meticulous craftsmanship that Italy is celebrated for.
Skillfully designed by F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Four 'Dahlia' Wall Lights by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, model 1461 signed
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Four 'Dahlia' wall sconces by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Model #1461.
This model includes a rare bronze glass and clear glass.
The sconces are in their original condition. No re...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large 'Pinecone' Suspension Lamp in Opaline Glass & Chrome for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Paola Navone
Located in Glendale, CA
Large 'Pinecone' suspension lamp in opaline glass & chrome for Fontana Arte.
Designed by Paola Navone, the diffuser is expertly handcrafted using the ancient caged-blown glass techn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Fontana Arte Flute Wall Lamp by Franco Raggi
By Franco Raggi, Fontana Arte
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 Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
$1,265 / item
20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Crystal Glass Chandelier by Pietro Chiesa
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian chandelier made of a brass structure and hand blown crystal glass, enhanced by partially etched details, featured with three light sockets. Designed by Pietro Chiesa and produced by FontanaArte in good condition. The wires have been renewed. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1940, Milan, Italy.
Measures: light fixture: 13.5” H
Pietro Chiesa was an Italian designer born in 1892, in Milan, Italy and passed away in 1948, Paris, France. Chiesa finished his apprenticeship in the studio of the furniture designer, interior decorator Giovan Battista Gianotti in Milan. Chiesa comes from an artistic family, he opened his own glass making studio, Botega di Pietro Chiesa in 1921, Milan. Chiesa concentrated mainly on designing glass, he treated glass like a valuable material.
Fontana Arte is an Italian lighting and design company founded in 1931, in Milan, Italy. Founded by the two well-known Italian architect and designers Giovanni Ponti...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fontana Arte Lighting
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Crystal, Metal, Brass
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Located in London, GB
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Gae Aulenti & P. Castiglioni for Fontana Arte "Parolona" Floor Lamp, Italy 1980s
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Naples, IT
Designed in 1980 by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte. Three different types and processes of glass coexist in the Parolona floor lamp: blown opaline in the adjustab...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fontana Arte Lighting
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Glass
Fontana Arte lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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