Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Italian, 1927-2012
The Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti will forever be best remembered for her work with museums, in particular her 1980–86 renovation of a Beaux Arts Paris train station to create the galleries of the Musée d’Orsay. Aulenti — whose first name, short for Gaetana, is pronounced “guy” — should also be recalled for her tough intellectual spirit and for working steadily when few women found successful architectural careers in postwar Italy.
After she graduated from the Milan Polytechic in 1954, Aulenti opened an architectural office. She also joined the staff of the progressive architectural magazine Casabella, whose editorial line was that the establishment, orthodox modernism of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus, had outlived it usefulness. When their movement for fresh approaches to architecture and design received a sympathetic hearing, Aulenti found patrons — most prominently Gianni Agnelli, of Fiat, who later employed her to renovate the Palazzo Grassi in Venice for use as an arts exhibition space.
Commissions for showrooms and other corporate spaces brought Aulenti to furniture design. She felt that furniture should never dominate a room. Her chairs and sofas — low-slung, with rounded enameled metal frames and ample seats — and tables, particularly her 1972 marble Jumbo coffee table for Knoll, project solidity and sturdiness. In lighting design, however, Aulenti is bravura.
Each work has a marvelous sculptural presence. Pieces such as her Pipistrello table lamp and Quadrifoglio pendant are a perfect marriage of organically shaped glass and high-tech fixtures. Others have a futuristic elegance — and some even have a touch of personality. Aulenti’s Pileino and La Ruspa table lamps each look almost like little robots. Her lighting pieces are an artful grace note in the career of a woman who believed in strength.
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Creator: Gae Aulenti
"Oracolo" Desk Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, 1970s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Brussels, BE
"Oracolo" desk lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, 1970s.
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1970s Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Neverino Table Lamp by Vistosi
By Gae Aulenti, Luciano Vistosi
Located in Barcelona, ES
New old stock!
The "Neverrino" table lamp from the renowned Italian architect Gae Aulenti for Vistosi is an iconic design piece from the 1960s. Crafted in Italy circa 1965, this lam...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Murano Glass
Ruspa Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, Italy 1970s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Haderslev, DK
Iconic Ruspa table lamp by Gae Aplenty for Martinelli Luce, Italy 1970s.
The Ruspa was designed in 1968 and is made of lacquered metal and cast ir...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Lacquer
Green Minibox Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni for Stilnovo, 1980s
By Stilnovo, Gae Aulenti
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Green Minibox table lamp designed by Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni and manufactured by Stilnovo in 1980.
This halogen table lamp can also be used as a 'torch' thanks to the hand...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Metal
Gae Aulenti ‘Alcinoo’ Table Lamp for Artemide, 1975
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in L'Escala, ES
Rare 'Alcinoo' table lamp designed by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, Italy, 1975. Sculptural shape out of hand blown glass in a metal 'net structure' in a large monumental size. The lamp ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Metal
Swiveling Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Stilnovo, 1970s
By Stilnovo, Gae Aulenti
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Swiveling dark brown table lamp of lacquered metal designed by Gae Aulenti and manufactured by Stilnovo in the 1970s. The top section of the lamp can...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Metal
Giova" Table Lamp designed by Gae Aulenti for FontanaArte, 1960s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in amstelveen, NL
Giova table lamp by Gae Aulenti for FontanaArte, 1960.
A luminous sculpture in glass that can be even a centerpiece to your interior. This first edi...
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Martinelli Luce Dimmable LED Pipistrello 620 Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 1965 by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, the lamp is made with innovative techniques for the diffuser in methacrylate for the time in which it was designed. The shape of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce. Originally designed in 1965, this current production comes with a white opal methacr...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Pair of White Gae Aulenti "Pileino" Desk Lamps for Artemide, 1972
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Berlin, DE
A Pair of Gae Aulenti "Pileino" desk lamps produced by Artemide.
One of Gae Aulenti's most iconic designs, the "Pileino" desk lamp was designed in 1972 and produced by Artemide.
The ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Metal
White Minibox Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni for Stilnovo, 1980s
By Stilnovo, Gae Aulenti
Located in Rotterdam, NL
White Minibox table lamp designed by Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni and manufactured by Stilnovo in 1980.
This halogen table lamp can also be used as a 'torch' thanks to the handy ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Two Pileino Table Lamps by Gae Aulenti for Artemide
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two Pileino table lamps by Gae Aulenti for Artemide. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1972. Lacquered metal. Original EU cord. We recommend one E14 candelabra 100w maximum bulb pe...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Metal
White Glass Globe and Brow Powder Coated Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s “Mezzoracolo” table lamp by renowned Italian Architect Gae Aulenti.
The lamp is constructed of steel that’s powder coated brown and the shade is hand blown white glass globe....
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Pair of Large Vintage Vistosi Architectural Glass Lamps by Gae Aulenti
By Vistosi, Gae Aulenti
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Large Vintage Vistosi Architectural Glass lamps by Gae Aulenti
One has a switch on the cord, the other does not. Just plugs in. A switch can be added easily on the cord if...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Gae Aulenti Mid Century Modern Vintage Glass Metal Table Lamp Oracolo 1968 Italy
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Vienna, AT
Gae Aulenti Mid-Century Modern vintage table lamp from glass and metal model Oracolo designed 1968 Italy and executed by Artemide, Pregnana Milanese Italy.
A white glass sphere sits...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Rare Grey Color Mezzoracolo Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, 1990s
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in Renens, CH
Gae Aulenti, an Italian architect active during the post-war period has designed buildings, interiors, furniture and lamps during her career, many of them well-known such as the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Pipistrello and Oracolo lamp...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Aluminum
"Pietra" Light by Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte
By Livio Castiglioni, Gae Aulenti
Located in New York, NY
The 'Pietra' light is a rare light designed by two powerhouse designers (Aulenti & Castiglioni) in 1988. I have only seen two others in the last 20 years! The lamp is in perfect orig...
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20th Century Italian Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Gae Aulenti & Livio Castiglioni Trepiù Table Lamps for Stilnovo, 1972
By Stilnovo, Livio Castiglioni, Gae Aulenti
Located in Milan, IT
Rare pair of Gae Aulenti & Livio Castiglioni 'Sistema Trepiù' table lamps for Stilnovo, Italy, 1972.
Signed Stilnovo.
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Iron
Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce. Originally designed in 1965, this current production comes with a white opal methacr...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Italian "Patroclo" Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An uncommon blown glass 'Patroclo' table lamp.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Gae Aulenti Piero Castiglioni Mini-Box Table Light for Stilnovo Signed
By Gae Aulenti
Located in London, GB
Enameled metal base housing trasnsformer with adjustable magnetised reflector and halogen.
In their Mini-Box table light (1980) Age Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni have created a toug...
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20th Century European Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Martinelli Luce Ruspa 633/4 Table Lamp in White with Four Arm by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp with direct light and indirect, in white lacquered metal, consists of 4 articulated arms on the base with independent rotation of the reflectors on the ends of arms. For L...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Gold, Metal
Martinelli Luce Ruspa 633 Table Lamp in White with One Arm by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti, Martinelli Luce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp with direct and indirect light, in white lacquered metal, the arm is jointed on the base, two reflectors turn around the upper part of the arm each one independently from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Table Lamp, Gae Aulenti, Livio Castiglioni, Stilnovo, 1970s, Italy
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Table lamp model "trepiu" by Gae Aulenti and Livio Castiglioni for Stilnovo in black plastic and silver and metal base.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Silver
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...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
King Sun Enamelled Aluminum Italian 1960s White Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gae Aulenti
Table lamp model “King Sun”
Manufactured by Kartell
Italy, 1967.
Enameled aluminum, acrylic.
Measurements:
74 cm x 79 cm x 71 H cm.
29 in x 19.25 in x 28 H in.
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1960s Italian Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Gae Aulenti Patroclo Lamp Italian Tinted Brown Glass and Metal Mesh Table Lamp
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gae Aulenti
Table lamp model “Patroclo”
Manufactured by Artemide
Pregnana (Italy), 1975
Blown glass, metal mesh
Measures;
45.72 cm x 27.94 cm x 45.72 H cm
18 in x 11 in x ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
"Poveglia" Italian Yellow and Green Glass 1970s Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gae Aulenti
Table lamp model “Poveglia”
Manufactured by Vistosi
Italy, 1969
Blown glass
Measurements
38 cm diameter x 29 cm height
15 in diameter x 11.5 in height
Deta...
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1960s Italian Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Quadrifoglio Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Guzzini, Italy 1960s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in München, BY
Iconic table lamp from the sixties, model ‘Quadrifoglio’. Designed by Gae Aulenti for Harvey Guzzini, Italy 1960s. Made of a chrome structure holding a biomorphic, soft looking plast...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome, Nickel
1st Ed. "Pileino" table lamp designed by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, Italy 1972
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Milano, IT
Pileino table lamp designed by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, Italy 1972. This is a rare first edition which retains the original electrical system including the blue light bulb.
The "Pi...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte Italian Giova Metal Glass Table Lamp, 1970s
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Lampada da tavolo italiana, vintage di modernariato, modello Giova small disegnata da Gae Aulenti e prodotta da Fontana Arte con base in metallo cromato e diffusori in vetro bianco, ...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mezzoracolo table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide 1969
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Lampada da tavolo mod. Mezzoracolo disegnata da Gae Aulenti per Artemide nel 1969.
Struttura in metallo verniciato, acciaio forato, vetro opalino lattimo.
Tra le opere meglio riuscit...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
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Metal
Gae Aulenti for Artemide Grey "Mezzo Oracolo" Table Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in Naples, IT
Mezzoracolo table lamp, made of brown lacquered metal, brass and white opaline glass diffuser.
Perfectly preserved and functioning with internal light at the base and in the diffuser...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni "Parola" table lamp for Fontana Arte Italy 1980s
By Flos, Gae Aulenti
Located in Skokie, IL
Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni "Parola" table lamp for Fontana Arte, Italy, circa 1980s
Designed by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni, the Parola lamp ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gae Aulenti Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Gae Aulenti table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Gae Aulenti table lamps 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 Gae Aulenti table lamps, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 73 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 12 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original table lamps by Gae Aulenti were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider table lamps by Tommaso Barbi, Aldo Londi, and Barovier&Toso. Prices for Gae Aulenti table lamps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $540 and can go as high as $33,395, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,448.
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