Bilia Lamp

Gio Ponti Fratelli Calderoni 1930's Silver Sugar Bowl. Silver-plated nickel silver plated frame Measurements : Height 6cm Width across 10 cm DEPTH 17 cm The item is in good...

This extremely rare and iconic lacquered metal and frosted glass table lamp, mod Bilia, was made in 1960s Italy, designed by Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte. Gio Ponti (1881 - 1979) was a...

Gio Ponti (1881-1979) was a Milanese architect, industrial and furniture designer, artist and publisher. He was a pivotal figure in the Italian design and manufacturing industry founding Il Labirinto with Lancia, Buzzi, Marelli, Venini and Chiesa in order to produce high-quality furniture and objects. He also founded Domus magazine which helped contextualise and promote the work of Italian designers and manufacturers around the world. Throughout his career he designed many icons but is perhaps most known for the symbol of modern Milan, the Pirelli skyscraper, in 1956. His furniture has always drawn deeply from Italian traditions and given them a modern edge. This gorgeous lamp is a great example of that. Made from two elements, a textured green aluminium conical base which rises into a delicate opal...

A pair of early ‘Bilia’ table lamp mod. 2474 by Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte, Italy, circa 1960. Sophisticated design composed two primair shapes; a cone and a sphere. The cone is made...

Bilia table lamp is a truly Iconic design, nothing more than a sphere, set in an apparently impossible way on top of a cone shaped base, a typical Gio Ponti magic trick, designed in ...

Table lamp designed by Gio Ponti for the Fontana Arte manufactory in 1960. The model represented is Bilia. Bilia is the perfect table lamp with straight, clean, well-defined lines, a...

Gio Ponti 'Bilia' table lamp in pink for Fontana Arte. Executed in a pink painted metal frame with a blown white glass diffuser, transparent cord with dimmer and plug. One of the fir...

"BILIA" lamp by Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte Edition, 1960. Rare lamp designed by Gio Ponti in 1931. The base consist in a conical foot withe lacquered which supports a large satin...

Rare early ‘Bilia’ table lamp mod. 2474 by Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte, Italy, circa 1960. Sophisticated design composed two primair shapes; a cone and a sphere. The cone is made of aluminium and is finished with the original matt textured lacquer. The sphere is made fine frosted glass, beautiful satin gloss typical for the glass of Fontana arte of that time. These two elements; the matt structured lacquer and the quality of the glass makes this lamp special and different from the later productions. Although it seems small differences, the impact is enormous. The frosted glass globe spreads the light in a nice soft way providing a nice warm light. The lamp is provided with one E-14 light fitting, max 40 Watt. In excellent original condition with a nice soft patina. Published in the Fontana Arte, sales catalogue, Milan, 1968, n.p. 'domus design...

Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in Yellow for Fontana Arte. Executed in a yellow painted metal frame with a blown white glass diffuser, transparent cord w...

Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in blue for Fontana Arte. Executed in a blue painted metal frame with a blown white glass diffuser, transparent cord with ...

Gio Ponti 'Bilia Mini' table lamp in Red for Fontana Arte. Executed in a red painted metal frame with a blown white glass diffuser, transparent cord with di...