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Guzzini Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Italian

Guzzini is often mistakenly thought to be the name of a lighting designer active in the 1960s and 1970s. But in fact the label belongs to a lighting manufacturing company that was founded by six Guzzini brothers — Raimondo, Giovanni, Virgilio, Giuseppe, Adolfo and Giannunzio, who were inspired by the 1950 film Harvey starring James Stewart.

Compounding the historical record even further, it seems that the Guzzini company rebranded many times in the 20th century, going by, at various points, Harvey Creazioni, Harvey Guzzini, Guzzini, iGuzzini and Illuminazione Guzzini. Harvey Creazioni was originally founded in 1959 in Recanati (on the east-central coast of Italy) by Raimondo, focusing on the production of copper-plated decorative objects. Four years later, in June 1963, the six brothers joined together and established Harvey Creazioni di Guzzini, expanding production to include pendant lighting, sconces, table lamps and floor lamps.

The brothers employed architect-designer Luigi Massoni — who was introduced to the Guzzini brothers by leading plastic importer Maurizio Adreani — as head of design, branding, public relations and advertising. Famous Harvey Guzzini designs include Massoni and Luciano Buttura's Mushroom table lamp (1965) as well as the in-house designed Arc floor lamp (1968), Faro table lamp (1970) and Toledo table lamp (1973). Studio 6G, an interning design team, developed the collectible Clan table lamp (1968); and designers Ermanno Lampa and Sergio Brazzoli were responsible for the Nastro series (1970), Orione pendant (1970), Sirio table lamp (1970), Alba floor lamp (1973), Albanella table lamp (1973) and Alf series (1976). Around 1976, Harvey Guzzini ceased the production of copper-plated items to concentrate on lighting made almost exclusively from methacrylate plastic (acrylic). The company also dabbled in furniture production, collaborating with Yugoslavian furniture producer Meblo, located in Nova Gorica in present-day Slovenia.

In 1967–68, the company exhibited at Domus: Formes Italiennes in the Galeries Lafayette in Paris under the name Design House (DH), where the company featured Gio Ponti’s Media lamp. A retail outlet was opened in central Milan under the name Harvey Guzzini-DH in 1969, situated literally and figuratively among the best known Italian design houses. In 1974, the company rebranded once more as iGuzzini, adding Illuminazione in 1981, which still exists today with headquarters in Recanati, Italy.

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Set of Italian Guzzini Table Clock & Pens Holder 1970s
Set of Italian Guzzini Table Clock & Pens Holder 1970s

Set of Italian Guzzini Table Clock & Pens Holder 1970s

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Set of Italian Guzzini Table Clock & Pens Holder 1970s

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Set of Italian Guzzini Table Clock & Pens Holder 1970s

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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Guzzini Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Guzzini table clocks and desk clocks for sale on 1stDibs.

Guzzini table clocks and desk clocks are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of plexiglass and are designed with extraordinary care. Many of the original table clocks and desk clocks by Guzzini were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 1970s. Prices for Guzzini table clocks and desk clocks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $400 and can go as high as $400, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $400.

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