Angelo Lelli Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Wall Lamp for Arredoluce, 1950s
About the Item
- Creator:Angelo Lelii (Designer),Arredoluce (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 9.06 in (23 cm)Diameter: 27.56 in (70 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1950
- Condition:Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Puglia, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4426128528252
Angelo Lelii
Angelo Lelii’s energetic and imaginative floor lamps, sconces and chandeliers often reflected his singular personality — whimsical but practical. He is responsible for some of the most delightfully eye-pleasing but functional works in the history of Italian mid-century modern lighting design.
Lelii was born Paolo Angelo Lelii in the seaport town of Ancona and moved to Milan when he was quite young. Not much is known about his early life — online resources frequently have his last name misspelled “Lelli” — except that he studied at the Superior Institute of Industrial Art in nearby Monza.
While there was no shortage of pioneering work being done in the field of mid-century modern lighting design, Lelii was a visionary whose dream was to create technologically advanced lighting that embodied the simple lines of modern design but would be defined by his own imaginative twists. In 1943, Lelii opened his first workshop in a tiny basement in Monza, under the name Arredoluce. A few years later, he designed the single-light, bent-arm Tris floor lamp. Later that year, he exhibited his Triennale floor lamp at the Milan Triennale VIII and garnered wide acclaim. This iconic, slender lamp features three adjustable arms with enameled aluminum shades.
Lelii’s sculptural fixtures in brass and cast iron appeared in the acclaimed design journal Domus, and he embarked on high-profile collaborations with Italian modernist legends such as Gio Ponti — a giant of architecture and design as well as a founder of Domus — Memphis Group member Ettore Sottsass Jr. and the brothers Castiglioni (formally known as Achille, Pier Giacomo and Livio).
Massive success followed for Arredoluce from the late 1950s and into the 1960s. For Lelii, there was his seminal Stella ceiling lamp, featuring opaque, acid-etched glass globe shades; his minimalist Cobra table lamp, which was one of the world’s first low voltage light fixtures; and his aptly named Eye floor lamp. Lelii continued to oversee design and production at his revolutionary lighting firm until his death in 1979.
Find vintage Angelo Lelii lighting on 1stDibs.
Arredoluce
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.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Puglia, Italy
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Pair of Mid-century Modern Italian Brass Wall Lamps, 1970sLocated in Puglia, PugliaPair of brass lamps made and produced in Italy in the 70s. The wall lamps are made of brass and lacquered metal, each circle measures 40 cm in diameter. The lamps are suitable for im...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass
- Stilkronen Mid-Century Modern Italian Crystal and Brass Wall Lamp, 1975By StilkronenLocated in Puglia, PugliaThis beautiful wall lamp, which depicts a sun, was produced by the famous Italian company Stilkronen, in brass and gunmetal brass, with twelve splendid crystals as spearheads. The la...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsCrystal, Brass
- Mid-Century Modern Italian Silver Plated Brass Floor Lamp, 1950sLocated in Puglia, PugliaThis beautiful silver plated brass floor lamp was produced in Italy in the neoclassical style. "If you like it please make your offer and we will evaluate it, it couldn't be bette...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Stilnovo Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass and Opaline Glass Floor Lamp, 1950sBy StilnovoLocated in Puglia, PugliaFloor lamp in polished brass, black lacquered metal, opal glass and marble base. Produced by Stilnovo in Italy in the 1950s. The lamp has been completely restored and polished.Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsMarble, Metal, Brass
- Pair of Mid-Century Modern Italian Crystal and Brass Sconces, 1970sLocated in Puglia, PugliaPair of thick cut crystal sconces, the structure is brass. Italian production of the 70s " If you like it please make your offer and we will evaluate it, it couldn't be better tha...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsCrystal, Brass
- Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass and Frosted Glass Ceiling Lights, '70Located in Puglia, PugliaThese wall lamps were produced in the 70s in Italy, have a square base and the shape of a parallelepiped, the structure is in brass and the glasses are beveled, this process makes th...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass
- Pair of Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Wall Lights, Italy, 1950sBy Angelo LeliiLocated in London, GBA rare pair of wall sconces / lamps designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s. Metal backplate with yellow plexiglass sides and white plexiglass front. Original maker...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal
- Mid Century Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce Made in Italy circa 1950'sBy Angelo Lelii, ArredoluceLocated in New York, NYClassic Mid Century chrome, black and marble floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelli, made in Italy by Arredoluce, circa 1950's. The lamp features three chrome ball shades, which are movable and mount on magnetic bases, the steel vertical post mounts on a marble disk...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsMarble, Steel, Chrome
- Mid-Century Modern Flexa Table Lamp Model 14165 by Angelo Lelli for ArredoluceBy Arredoluce, Angelo LeliiLocated in New York, NYThis sophisticated articulating table lamp was realized by influential post-war Italian lighting designer Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, circa 1975. The lamp's single bulb is encased i...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsTravertine, Chrome, Wire, Brass
- Single Eyeball Wall Lamp by Angelo Lelli for ArredoluceBy Arredoluce, Angelo LeliiLocated in Los Angeles, CAEyeball Wall lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960's. Brass. Rewired for U.S. standards. Globes adjust ...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass
- Four angelo Lelii wall sconce for Arredoluce, Italy, 1950sBy Arredoluce, Angelo LeliiLocated in Rovereta, SMFour wall sconces/lamps designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s. Metal backplate with yellow plexiglass sides and white plexiglass front. Original makers labels present.Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsAluminum
- Modernist Wall Sconce by Angelo Lelli for ArredoluceBy Arredoluce, Angelo LeliiLocated in Sagaponack, NYA modernist wall light or sconce designed by Angelo Lelli featuring an adjustable chromed magnetic ball and socket light inset into a brushed steel mounting plate. Made by Arredoluc...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsSteel