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Arredoluce Lanterns

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The lighting company Arredoluce opened in 1943, at the start of a golden era of modernist Italian design, and was born of the confluence of an eager entrepreneurial business spirit and a fresh, innovative, forward-looking creative atmosphere.

Angelo Lelii (1911–79), the founder of Arredoluce, which was based in the Milanese district of Monza, was a gifted and at times brilliant designer. He had the insight to commission works from other greats of the day, including Gio Ponti, Vico Magistretti, the brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and Ettore Sottsass Jr.

Lelii’s designs cover a broad aesthetic range. His most famous work, the Triennale floor lamp (circa 1947), is both elegant and practical, with three omnidirectional lighting booms attached to a central pole. His well-known ceiling light of 1954 — in which a conical canister bounces light upward off a lighting-arced enameled-aluminum sheet — is a piece of design poetry. And his 1962 Cobra table lamp has a wild, almost Surrealist look, featuring a sculptured rod of polished metal with a socket that, like his Eye floor lamp of the early 1960s, holds an eyeball-like directional bulb. 

Arredoluce also placed few constraints on the creativity of the designers it employed from outside the company. The Castiglioni brothers’ Tubino table lamp of 1951, for example, is a remarkably early example of minimalist design. The company both fostered the tradition-minded aspect of Ponti’s sensibility and produced several of his experimental pieces in Lucite in the 1950s; and Sottsass’s UFO table lamp of 1957, a sandwich of two plastic bubbled tablets on four legs, prefigures the look of his postmodern works for the Memphis Group by more than 20 years.

From the stylish and utilitarian to the avant-garde, vintage Arredoluce floor lamps, table lamps, chandeliers and other lighting includes some of the most diverse, remarkable — and collectible — designs of the late 20th century.

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Creator: Arredoluce
Three-Light Pendant by Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s
By Arredoluce
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Pendant by Arredoluce manufactured in Italy, circa 1950. Large brushed satin glass diffuser, metal copper-plated mounts. It takes three E27 bulbs...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arredoluce Lanterns

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Metal

Pendant by Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s
By Arredoluce
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Pendant by Arredoluce manufactured in Italy, 1950s. With large brushed satin glass diffuser, black painted steel mounts. It takes one E27 100w bu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arredoluce Lanterns

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Metal

Large Etched Glass Pendant by Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce, 1958
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large glass and brass pendant (model 12723) designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, circa 1958. The oversize blown and frosted glass diffuser has three large ideograms acid-etched onto it and is suspended by a minimalist brass structure with a fabric tassel...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arredoluce Lanterns

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Brass

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Arredoluce lanterns for sale on 1stDibs.

Arredoluce lanterns are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. Many of the original lanterns by Arredoluce were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lanterns by Barovier, Mazzega Murano, and Venini. Prices for Arredoluce lanterns can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,045 and can go as high as $6,675, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,814.

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