The work of celebrated mid-century Italian lighting designer and entrepreneur Angelo Gaetano Sciolari became widely popular in the United States during the postwar years and strongly influenced lighting makers around the world. The sculptural forms and striking geometric details of his vintage floor lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures fit seamlessly into the mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency interiors of the day.
Sciolari formally studied architecture but also pursued filmmaking for a short period. When his father passed away in 1949, Sciolari took the reins at his family's company, Sciolari Lighting, which had been in business in Rome since 1892. The manufacturer expanded considerably under Gaetano’s leadership. For one, pioneering American lighting company Lightolier, in New York City, began to import the Italian brand’s lighting for the U.S. market, and Lightolier’s star designer, Gerald Thurston, was significantly influenced by Gaetano’s work. In the 1970s, Americans looking to add provocative fixtures created by Gaetano Sciolari to their living rooms could find them in Lightolier catalogs.
Sciolari initially crafted lamps and sconces that bore the hallmarks of traditional Italian design. But during the 1950s, when he would become the in-house designer for legendary Milan lighting manufacturer Stilnovo — one of the leaders of Italian postwar design — he created revolutionary fixtures that endured as his best-known work.
Sciolari drew on a range of influences — enthusiasts see the imprint of Art Deco, brutalism and more in his lighting — and designed futuristic Space Age chandeliers, ceiling lamps and pendants for Stilnovo as well as Stilkronen and S.A. Boulanger that defied the conventions of the time. A dizzying array of materials and finishes characterizes the designer’s work, while geometry is pronounced in each sculptural fixture — there are blown opal glass spheres, polished chrome tubes and brass square bulb holders. These combinations were critical to the development of dazzling lighting that proves eye-catching in any space decades later.
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Gaetano Sciolari chrome 5 arms tubular floor lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
A sculptural five arms solid chrome tubular floor lamp designed C1965 by Gaetano Sciolari . Italy
Chrome
$746Sale Price|20% Off
Gaetano Sciolari vintage floor lamp, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Vintage floor lamp floor lamp by Gaetano Sciolari Made in Italy in the 1970s, this beautiful and rare floor lamp was constructed of brass, with an opaline Murano glass shade. Designe...
Brass
Italian Floor Lamp by Stilnovo, 1950s. Design: Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Italian Floor Lamp by Stilnovo, 1950s. Design: Gaetano Sciolari This exceptional floor lamp from the 1950s was designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo, one of Italy’s most renowne...
Marble, Brass
$1,788Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Brass Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, Murano Glass, Italy, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Praha, CZ
- Italy, 1970s - Design: Gaetano Sciolari - Very good original condition with patina.
Brass
1960s Gaetano Sciolari Brass and Glass Cane Mid Century Modern Floor Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A 1960s Gaetano Sciolari brass and glass cane floor lamp. This extraordinary floor lamp features a breathtaking design and overall presentation. This lamp features multiple tiers of ...
Brass
Vintage floor lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Sculptural floor lamp made of bent aluminum strips assembled in a very nice manner. Designed by Gaetano Sciolari but very much in the style of Max Sauze's creations. The light emit...
Aluminum
Brass xl Gaetano Sciolari floorlamp
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in BE
Brass xl Gaetano Sciolari floorlamp 70's brass floor lamp created by Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari. He is well known in the lighting business and well res...
Brass
Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier Brass and Glass Rods Floor Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Hanover, MA
Dazzling floor lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier in brass with multiple glass rods. Illumination comes both from a single socket above for standard size Edison screw cap bu...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass & Crystal Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian floor lamp made of hand crafted polished brass designed by Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Stilnovo, in good condition. The sculptural light is composed with a large curved shade which is made of hand blown smoked crystal glass, supported by three long stem, resting on a thick round marble base. The detailed lighting contains a ten light socket and is composed with its original light switch. The wires have been renewed. Circa 1940 - 1950, Milan, Italy. Base: 0.75" H x 14.75" diameter Shade: 2.75" H x 27.75" diameter Stilnovo was an Italian lighting and design company founded in 1946, in Milan by the well-known Italian designer Bruno Gatta. During the Mid-Century Modern era the Stilnovo brand was one of the most pioneered lighting design companies in Italy, also known as the Stilnovo Period. Well-known artists have worked and designed for Stilnovo, such as the Italian architect and designer Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and Joe Cesare Colombo...
Crystal, Marble, Metal, Brass
Vintage Steel Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in taranto, IT
A floor lamp, 1970s, original production Sciolari, made of curved steel sheets on four sides the lamp was found in a closed store, is still equipped with its original tag, retains...
Steel
Palwa Gilt Brass and Crystal Floral Floor Lamp, Germany, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
An exquisite Palwa floor lamp, crafted in Germany in the 1970s, showcasing the brand’s signature blend of glamour and refined craftsmanship. The lamp features a richly gilded brass s...
Crystal, Brass
$1,187Sale Price|59% Off
Bronzed Sciolari Floor Lamp Aluminum Italian Design Minimal Form 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Bronzed Sciolari floor lamp aluminum Italian design minimal form 1970s.
Aluminum
Rare Stilnovo Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1954
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare Stilnovo floor lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1954. Typical minimalistic modernist Stilnovo lamp with a black and white lacquered aluminium shade, simple in vorm less is more....
Metal, Aluminum
Gaetano Sciolari Stilnovo floor lamp model 4013 Italy 1950
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This rare pair of floor lamps, model 4013, designed by the legendary Gaetano Sciolari and manufactured by Stilnovo in Italy around the 1950s, are a stunning testament to the design i...
Marble, Brass
$11,752Sale Price|42% Off
Previous Unknown and Most Likely Unique No.4075 Floor Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo
Located in Munich, DE
Previous unknown version of stilnovo´s famous lamp. normally the lamp has round tubes and a round lamp holder under the glass shade. most of the lamps are ...
Nickel
Gaetano Sciolari Floorlamp Chrome Plated and Brushed Aluminium with Murano Glass
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Elegant Mid-century floor lamp designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, 1960-70s. This is an extremely rare object, for true connoisseurs and not to be missed. It is the largest ve...
Aluminum, Chrome
$1,692Sale Price|20% Off
Floor Lamp Sciolari Design Italian 1970s Chrome Minimalist Sculptural Design
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Floor lamp Sciolari design Italian, 1970s, chrome Minimalist sculptural design.
Chrome
Vintage Chrome Sciolari Floor Lamp, 1970s , Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid-Century Modern chrome 'trumpet' floo rlamp with white glass globes. The lamp was designed by Gaetano Sciolari. Beautiful tulip shaped base. This lamp emits a warm light...
Chrome
Floor Lamp Organ by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age sculptural organ floor lamp by the designer Gaetano Sciolari. Metal chrome, inside tube white lacquered. Double light switch, Sciolari is a famous manufa...
Metal, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Floor Lamp Three Lights Design Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in taranto, IT
Original floor lamp from the 70s, production attributed to gaetano sciolari , entirely made in anodized aluminum color bronze with three diffusers in worked polycarbonate It measu...
Aluminum
Vintage Chrome Sciolari Floor Lamp, 1970s , Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Italian 3-Light Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Mazzega, 1970s Elegant Italian three-light floor lamp in Mid-Century Modern style, by Gaetano Sciolari, from the 1970s. Chrome fram...
Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Sputnik Floor Lamp, 1970's
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Lisboa, PT
This floor lamp was designed by Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Sciolari Illuminazione Arlum Srl in the 1970s. It features six lights at different heights and positions. The lamp is...
Metal, Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Iridescent and Gold Plated Standing Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
A Gaetano Sciolari iridescent and gold plated standing lamp. The 'wings' of the standing lamp emanate from a central gold plated stem, with iridescent glass rods inserted into indivi...
Gold Plate
Sciolari Floor Lamp Metal Crome Glass Metal 1955 Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Milano, IT
Gaetano Sciolari foor lamp.
Glass
Gaetano Scolari for Stilnovo FLOOR LAMP, 1950s
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo
Located in Baranzate, IT
Gaetano Scolari for Stilnovo FLOOR LAMP, 1950s
Marble, Brass
$1,222Sale Price|20% Off
Very Rare Mid Century Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - very nice style of lighting.
Chrome
1970s Italian Large Chrome “Sputnik” Floor Lamp by Gaetano Scolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
Large “Sputnik” chrome floor designed by Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Sciolari Illuminazione Arlum Srl in the 1970s. It features 11 lights spread evenly within the sphere; the 11...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Gaetano sciolari for Stilnovo, Italy 1950s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp by Gaetano sciolari for Stilnovo, Italy 1950s.
Marble, Metal
Mid-Century Modern Counterweight Brass Floor Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant floor lamp in brass. The design convinces with the fine design and the combination of cantilever and counterweight. The lamp has two poles that are connected to a angled arm...
Metal
Vintage Chrome Sciolari Floor Lamp, 1970s , Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Italian 3-Light Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Mazzega, 1970s Elegant Italian three-light floor lamp in Mid-Century Modern style, by Gaetano Sciolari, from the 1970s. Chrome fram...
Chrome
Stilnovo Adjustable Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Milan, IT
Exclusive red faux leather covered Stilnovo adjustable floor lamp, Italy 1950s Adjustable shade extending to 97 cm max when wide open.
Metal
1950s Blue Counterweight Pendant by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
A very rare pendant in enameled metal, deep blue metal and custom brass ceiling plate, solid brass pulley. The height can be adjusted by raising or lowering the counter weight and ea...
Metal, Brass
Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier Brass and Glass Rods Floor Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Hanover, MA
Dazzling floor lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier in brass with multiple glass rods. Illumination comes both from a single socket above for standard size Edison screw cap bu...
Brass
Bergboms, Swedish Modern, Floor Lamp, Brass, Cane, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
Bergboms, Swedish Mid-Century Modern, Floor Lamp, Brass, Bamboo, Sweden, 1960s A Scandinavian model G-03 floor lamp designed and produced by Bergboms in Sweden c. 1960s. This exampl...
Brass
$3,702Sale Price|25% Off
H 75.6 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Rare Opaline Glass & Brass Floor Lamp by Stilnovo, 1950s Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
A rare floor lamp produced by Stilnovo in Italy during the 1950s, showcasing the refined elegance of mid-century Italian lighting design. The lamp features multiple softly tapered op...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Italian Space Age Three Lights Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970s
By Mazzega, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italia Mid-Century Modern three lights floor lamp attributed to Gaetano Sciolari, from the 1970s. Structure in chromium steel, brushed aluminum, and marble base. The glasses ...
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
$52,888
H 71.66 in Dm 15.75 in
Mid-Century Modern "Galaxy" Floor Lamp by Stilnovo 1950s Italian Design stamp
By Stilnovo, Angelo Lelii
Located in Palermo, IT
This stunning floor lamp is the iconic Galassia model, designed and produced by the prestigious Italian manufacturer Stilnovo during the 1950s. A masterpiece of mid-century lighting ...
Marble, Brass
Midcentury Vintage Italian Bicolor Chrome & Brass 1970s Tall Floor Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari, Romeo Rega, Willy Rizzo
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern vintage Italian floor lamp, made in Italy, circa late 1970s -early 1980s. Featuring chrome, polished brass and plated/gilt brass - this piece lends itself to any m...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
$1,200
H 34.5 in W 20 in D 20 in
Mid-Century Modern Gaetano Sciolari Brass and Glass Chandelier, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Glass crystal chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilkronen Italy. Featuring bulbs that face both up and down, and are set behind the cut glass prisms for a sparkling chande...
Brass
Stilnovo, Egg-shaped Floor Lamp , Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
Combining humor with minimalism, this iconic lamp from Stilnovo is composed of an opaline glass egg resting in its tripodal, graphic, black steel basket.
Steel, Brass
Sold
H 80 in W 15.5 in D 57.5 in
Title: Gaetano Sciolari Mid-Century Modern Chrome Arc Floor Lamp for Boulanger
By S.A. Boulanger, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
his sophisticated Italian Mid-Century arc floor lamp is an elegant example of lighting design by the renowned Gaetano Sciolari for the Belgian manufacturer S.A. Boulanger. Embodying ...
Marble, Chrome
Floorlamp by Gaetano Sciolari in Brushed Aluminum, Italy 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Hellouw, NL
This sculptural floor lamp is a remarkable piece from the 1970s, designed by Gaetano Sciolari. Known for merging brutalist aesthetics with glamorous materials, Sciolari’s work redefi...
Aluminum
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H 59 in W 11 in D 11 in
1960s Glowing Waterfall Glass Rod Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier
By Lightolier, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Saint Louis, MO
This Gaetano Sciolari waterfall lamp is oozing with Tom Ford sex appeal dazzling from top to bottom in brass and glass rods. Popular in both film an...
Brass
Vintage 1970s three-light glass floor lamp Sciolari design
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Floor lamp with light marble base, chromed metal frame, three lights with glass shades, Sciolari design, 1970s. CONDITION: In good, working condition, may show signs of wear given b...
Metal
Sold
H 61.03 in W 18.51 in D 13 in
A 20th Century Italian Floor Lamp By Gaetano Sciolari For Mazzega, Venice c.1970
By Mazzega, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A delightful floor lamp designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Mazzega, made in the famous island of Murano, Venice, in Italy around the 1970s. Three chrome rods support three opalescent s...
Metal
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H 66.93 in W 19.69 in D 11.82 in
Floor Lamp in Brushed Aluminum and Glass by Angelo Gaeatano Sciolari, Italy 1970
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Hellouw, NL
The story of Angelo “Gaetano” Sciolari is a success story wrapped in romance. His father founded the Sciolari company in Rome in 1892 and remained a relatively unknown company for de...
Aluminum
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H 66.15 in Dm 11.82 in
Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo, Italy, Rare Monochrome Floor Light, designed 1954
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
This stunning monochrome mid-Century floor lamp was designed by Gaetano Sciolari in 1954 and produced by the Italian firm Stilnovo. Black lacquered metal weighted base, with alumi...
Metal, Aluminum
Gaetano Sciolari Stilnovo floor lamp Italy 1954
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Aesthetic appealing and rare floor lamp designed by Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Stilnovo in Italy 1954. This modernist lamp features a metal weighted base in black lacquer. Its ...
Metal, Aluminum
Gaetano Sciolari Model Cubic lamp Italy 1970s Chrome and Lucite
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Paris, IDF
Lamp "Cubic " by Gaetano Sciolari Italy 1970s, plated with chrome and lucite. Can be used asa table lamp or a floor lamp. Fair condition: some scratches, some coloration on the plexiglass Angelo Gaetano Sciolari (1927-1994) was the owner of Sciolari Lighting and designer for the Italian manufacturer Stilnovo in the 1950s. It was while working for Stilnovo that Sciolari "created his most recognizable and celebrated designs, a series of multi-light chandeliers fashioned with both glossy and matte metal, conjuring up futuristic visions of the dawning space age.Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s his designs were in demand, with his designs imported to the American market by Lightolier & Progress Lighting...
Chrome
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H 25.99 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
'Metric' Chrome Table Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, Italy, 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Zagreb, HR
Metric table lamp designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, Italy, 1970s.
Chrome
Rare Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
Brass, marble, acid-etched glass. Rare Italian mid-century floor lamp by Stilnovo, marked with the original label. The hallmark of the piece is the textured glass shade concealing se...
Marble, Brass
Vintage Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Roma, IT
Floor Lamp is an original design lamp realized by Gaetano Sciolari for Stikronen, 1970s. Steel base with brass details, four Murano Grasses Bulbs. Rare lamp in Mirrored steel in fine condition. Glass dimensions: 22 x 8 cm Base dimensions: 25 x 25 cm Angelo Gaetano Sciolari...
Steel