Furniture

The Pair of Chrome and Glass Wall Lights designed by Gaetano Sciolari, crafted in Italy during the 1970s, is a testament to the enduring c...

Two Gaetano Sciolari Crystal Drops Chandeliers. Materials: Round lampshade made of chromed metal rods, tubes and parts in iron and brass. Black rectangular rods. Thin brass rods. Cr...

One of two of 1970s chrome band loop chandeliers by Gaetano Sciolari. Diameter 50 cm. Height fixture 31 cm. Please note that price is per item not f...

Mid-Century Modern Space Age sculptural chandelier ceiling pendant light lamp flush mount model Futura, the large version of the model, in metal chrome by Gaetano Sciolari. Come wit...

Large ceiling Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Belgian manufacturer S Boulanger, 1970s. Imbued with timeless elegance this sculptural brass chandelier with 13 light fixtures, captivates...

We are very pleased to offer a set of three bar counter stools by renowned American furniture designer Dakota Jackson, circa the 1990s. He began his career in the 1960s and gained re...

Vintage Dakota Jackson post modern Art Deco style executive partners desk featuring mahogany with leather insert and stainless steel frame. A V-Shape pattern veneer top with Black Leather inset. 2 pedestal cabinets below: each with 2 standard drawers and 1 file drawer, front and back. Polished Stainless Steel drawer pulls, post, floor plates, and arced trestle supporting desktop. DJ Chelsea Black Leather, Polished Polyresin finish. Dakota Jackson (born August 24, 1949) is an American furniture designer known for his eponymous furniture brand, Dakota Jackson, Inc.,[1] his early avant-garde works involving moving parts or hidden compartments,[2][3] and his collaborations with the Steinway & Sons piano company.[1] Jackson helped establish the art furniture movement in 1970s SoHo,[4][5] later becoming a celebrity designer in the 1980s.[6][7][8] His background in the world of stage magic helped him get his first commissions and is often cited as the source of his point-of-view.[6][9] Early life Dakota Jackson was born on August 24, 1949, and grew up in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens, New York. Stage Magic Jackson's father, Jack Malon, was a professional magician.[10] Mr. Malon learned the trade from his own father, who studied stage magic in early 20th century Poland.[1] Jackson began studying magic at a young age and sometimes performed with his father.[11] Jackson's name, in fact, grew out of a road trip to Fargo, North Dakota.[11] Throughout his adolescence and into his early 20s, Jackson immersed himself in the world of magic.[2] In 1963, Jackson began to perform in talent shows at his junior high school, William Cowper JHS 73 (which is known today as The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School),[12] and at children's birthday parties.[13] Jackson also began to build his own props, including large boxes for sawing a woman in half and small boxes from which doves would emerge in full flight.[11] Jackson acknowledges the importance of these early experiences with magic to his later career as a furniture designer: "The demands of performance taught me how to discipline myself to achieve aesthetic ends."[1][2][14] After Jackson graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1967, he continued performing as a magician, working in art galleries, night clubs, touring in the Catskills, and giving private performances at society events.[2][13][15] When he was 17, Jackson had studied with magician Jack London to learn the dangerous bullet catch trick.[16] "What appealed to me was the notion of doing things that appeared miraculous" Jackson once recalled.[6] "I was interested in spiritualism. I was interested in things like bullet catching, things that really challenged individual sensibilities, that were frightening, on the edge."[2] He didn't find the opportunity to perform the trick publicly until a decade later at Jackson's final professional performance as a magician.[1] It was documented in Andy Warhol's Interview (magazine), in a story titled "Dakota Jackson bites the bullet."[1][16] Jackson admits that he sometimes tires of references to his magician background, although he acknowledges it as an important part of his history.[2] The Downtown Arts Scene In the late 1960s, Jackson moved into a loft on 28th Street in Chelsea.[1][17] Jackson became part of the Downtown scene, a community of "artists, dancers, performers, and musicians" who moved to the neighborhood for the cheap rent and social life.[1][8][17][18] In October 1970, Jackson performed with the Japanese group Tokyo Kid Brothers at New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (also known as Café La MaMa) in a rock musical production called "Coney Island Play" ("Konī airando purē).[19] The show explored themes of cross-cultural communication and understanding[19] and was a follow up to the group's debut performance of "The Golden Bat" at La MaMa earlier that summer.[20][21][22] Jackson played the part of a "clever conjurer."[19] Over the next few years, Jackson became interested in minimalist dance and performed in the dance companies of Laura Dean and Trisha Brown.[2][15][23] Jackson credits his exposure to minimalism and minimalist dance in particular as having had a strong influence on his approach to design; in 1989, Jackson told the Los Angeles Times: For me the essential fineness of a design is in the idea, not the object itself ... In minimalism, the object is pared down to its basic meaning by stripping away all the excrescence ... —those elements that do not contribute to the pure idea.[24] Design career In the early 1970s, as he experimented with performance and dance, Jackson began branching out as a special effects consultant to other magicians, film producers, and musicians[2][23] such as Donna Summer.[6][9] The loft also gave Jackson an opportunity to apply his creativity and building skills: "These were times when lofts were not ... luxury condominiums. These were tough, tough raw spaces ... and we artists, bohemians, creative people, we created our environment. So I had to build".[17][25] Recognizing his skills as a builder, Jackson decided to shift away from performance and become a full-time maker.[1][15][17] He began making a variety of objects, including furnishings for other artists and magic boxes with hidden compartments for art collectors and galleries.[17][24] Jackson's social connections helped spread word about his work[15] and this led to his first commissions.[1] Early Commissions Desk for John Lennon by Dakota Jackson In 1974, Jackson's career as a designer began when Yoko Ono asked him to build a desk with hidden compartments for husband John Lennon.[26] "She wanted to make a piece of furniture that would be a mystical object; that would be like a Chinese puzzle," Jackson recalled in a 1986 interview published in the Chicago Tribune.[6] The result was a small cubed-shaped writing table with rounded corners reminiscent of Art Deco era style.[15] Touching secret pressure points opened the desk's compartments.[23] This commission helped build Jackson's reputation and allowed him to merge his experience as a magician and performer with his developing interest in furniture.[27] In 1978, a bed designed for fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg garnered Jackson even more notoriety.[8][10][28] [29] Called "The Eclipse", the bed was described in The New Yorker as "large, astounding, sumptuous, with sunbursts of cherry wood and quilted ivory satin at head and foot."[10] A lighting system positioned behind the headboard switched on automatically at sunset and spread out rays of light "like an aurora borealis,"[2][17] which grew brighter and brighter until turning off at 2 am.[23][30] Commissions like these continued to come in[8] and Jackson soon became known as a designer to the rich and famous.[30] Some of his other clients from this period included songwriter Peter Allen, Saturday Night Live creator and producer Lorne Michaels, Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, and soap opera actress Christine Jones.[8] The American Art Furniture Movement and the Industrial Style In the late 1970s, Jackson was among a small group of artists and artisans producing and exhibiting hand-made furniture in New York.[5][31] Jackson and his peers were part of the "American Art Furniture Movement," a group sometimes called the "Art et Industrie Movement,"[32] named after the leading art furniture gallery of the era,[32] Art et Industrie, founded by Rick Kaufmann in 1976.[33] In a 1984 Town & Country article titled "Art You Can Sit On," Kaufmann said he created the gallery to "serve as a locus to the public for artists and designers creating new decorative arts."[31] The works on display were "radical objects" that drew from a number of fine art traditions, including "Pop, Surrealism, Pointillism and Dada [which were] "thrown together with the severe lines of the Bauhaus and the Russian avant-garde, mixed with Mondrian's color and filtered through a video sensibility—all to create a new statement."[31] The article described Jackson as a "ten-year veteran of the genre" and pointed to the "clean forms and quiet colors" of his furniture.[4] Jackson showed a variety of industrial-looking lacquer, metal, and glass works at Art et Industrie, including his Standing Bar (also known as the Modern Bar),[33] a lacquered cabinet that Jackson designed in 1978 for his wife (then-girlfriend) RoseLee Goldberg.[13] Other works from this period include the T-Bird Desk, Self-Winding Cocktail Table, and the Saturn Stool...

Absolutely gorgeous Palwa brass gilt and crystal chandelier. Measure: Total height 100 cm. This light has eight E14 bulbs.

Handsome Gaetano Lightolier wall sconce or ceiling fixture. Light holds 16 bulbs. Measures: 12” x 4 in chrome and brass.

Wonderful brutalist chandelier from the 1960s. Extremely successful Italian design. A very pleasant and sparkling light is created. Design: Gaetano Sciolari Condition: Ver...

Wall Mounted Pendant Lamp designed by the renowned Italian designer, Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Stilnovo crafted with a combination of me...

This stunning and materially dynamic Mid-Century Modernist Eight Arm Chrome & Brass Chandelier is by the esteemed designer Gaetano Sciolari. This piece originates from Italy, Circa 1...

CUBIC ceiling lamp by Sciolari - 1970s. The ceiling light by Gaetano Sciolari from 1970 is a truly iconic piece of modern lighting art. The designer, who is known for his groundbrea...

Clean lines to complement all decors. Wonderful high-end light fixture by Sciolari. With brass detail hanging glass giving the piece an elegant appearance which refracts the light, f...

A stunning chandelier by Palwa (Palme and Walter), Germany, manufactured in 1960s. It’s composed of crystal glass rods on gilt brass frame. Sockets: It needs 5 x E14 small bulbs ( m...

ORIGINAL Italian ”Cyclone” pendant fixture by Gaetano Sciolari in polished aluminum Original label Center shade in acrylic Designer Max Sauze 1970s. ...

Large adjustable wall lamp model 2061 by Gaetano Scolari for Stilnovo 1954. Brass structure composed of a telescopic arm and a pulley system with a counterweight which allows to adj...

An iconic brass chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari in the Seventies. The chandelier it also can be used as a ceiling or wall light not using brass cili...

Large sculptural flush mount/chandelier. Germany, 1960s.

A wonderful and high quality gilded chandelier or pendant light fixture by Palwa -Design Sciolari, Germany, 1970s. It is made of a 24 carat gold-plated brass frame decorated with in...

A stunning example of Sciolari's elegant aesthetic, this chandelier combines rich brass and brass colored aluminum with beveled crystal "blades" in a snowflake shaped sculptural form...

pair of Italian pendants .The pendants have 2 drops the shorter one is 35.5 inches . The lighting designs of Italian entrepreneur-designer Angelo Gaetano Sciolari have recently come ...

A mid-century flush mount "Ice Cubes" ceiling light fixture by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier featuring brass plates with four thick beveled ice block glass shades. Circa 1960s, USA.

Rare vintage Gaetano Sciolari style chandelier, adapted as a table lamp, but can also be used as a ceiling lamp, with 6 lights. Material: brass and steel with clear glass terminals. ...

Pair of table lamps with three square lights in metal each graduating in height joined at the bottom by brushed aluminum The tops have a single socket in each a molded plastic diffus...

Chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari. This chandelier consists of 32 rectangular cubes in polished chrome with textured lucite lampshades. C1970s

Italian, large midcentury Gaetano Sciolari two-tier chandelier featuring in the original brass finish. Fine optic glass lenses are decoratively and functionally mounted on unusually ...

The Set of 10 Ocean Chairs by Dakota Jackson of New York is a stunning embodiment of contemporary luxury and refined craftsmanship. Consisting of two armchairs and eight side chairs,...

1960 Pair of gilded brass wall lights Gaetano Sciolari Composed of a black rectangular wall bracket supporting the cylindrical gilded brass light arm positioned on the bottom of the...

- very rare type - nice style of lighting

Monumental and Grand Silver Plated Brass Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy 1960s

Cubist style chandelier composed of intersecting bars by Sciolari.

Sputnik ceiling lamp by Sciolary - 1970s. The striking design of this ceiling lamp consists of delicate chrome leaves that radiate from the central core. The arrangement is reminisc...

A MID-CENTURY POLISHED BRASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER Designed by Gaetano Sciolari ca. 1970 unmarked Item # 311JBP02P This sleek and austere chandelier is a quintessential representa...

"Futura" modern mixed metal chandelier composed of curved bands, rods and acrylic details by Sciolari.

Elegant chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari with 6 E27 lights made with stems in chromed nickel finish and brushed brass colored panels, where each arm supports a transparent cylindrical ...

Ceiling lights by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1950. Aluminum frame with anodized copper finish, featuring a unique etched spiral within t...

Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier Two-Tiered Glass Rod Brass and Chandelier Lamp Light . The ceiling paint is chrome in tone

Pair of midcentury Gaetano Sciolari clears glass rod modernist chandeliers with brass frame. Each with 20 E 14 light bulbs creates a fabulous light effect. Excellent vintage cond...

Clean lines to complement all decors. Wonderful high-end light fixture by Sciolari. With brass detail hanging glass giving the piece an elegant appearance which refracts the light, f...

Impressive “cubist” chandelier designed by Sciolari in the 1970s. Features 37 lights on a polished nickel frame with satin nickel accents. Diffusers are acrylic. Condition: Good vin...

Chromed metal frame five-light chandelier with spherical white glass shades, sciolari design, 1960s. CONDITION: In good condition, may show signs of wear given by time. DIMENSIONS:...

A set of 3 and 2 light Space Age chrome And brass wall lamps by famed Italian lighting maker, Sciolari. Rewired. 3 light wall lamp measures 14”H x 10.5” W x 6” Deep. 2 light wall lam...

Designed by Gaetano Scolari for Stilnovo adjustable counterweight ceiling or suspension light model A5011, Italy, 1950. This modernist ceiling or pendant light is composed of a blac...

This stunning Dakota Jackson credenza or mid-century modern buffet made of rosewood exemplifies the best of American modern design with hints of Danish style. Crafted in Italy by sk...

A very stylish original Mid Century Modern Italian Chrome & Glass 'Ice Cube' table lamp, Gaetano Sciolari, circa 1968. A very elegant modernist three light table lamp, the lamp havin...

Large 1970s brass and chrome 15 lights "Chevron" chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari, in vintage original condition with minor minor wear and patina to the brass due to age and use.

Ceiling light in polished aluminum and plexiglass (methacrylate). Two points of light. Model: Cyclone by Gaetano Sciolari. Italy c.1970

Midcentury amazing chandelier with 10 lights in steel and aluminum curved by Max Sauze for Sciolari. Made in Italy in the 1970s. It uses 10 bulbs attack E14, It is wired for the Un...

Chrome Italian chandelier design by Gaetano Sciolari 1960s. Geometric metal chromed structure with 13 lights. The chandelier remains in very good vintage condition with normal patina.

We present you with this magnificent chandelier by the Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari, featuring a blend of chrome and gold accents. Dating back to the vibrant 1960s in Italy, thi...

Cubist chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari made of square tubes geometrically assembled from which come out eighteen sources of light. Angelo Gaetano Sciolari Angelo Gaetano Sciolar...

This rare floor light stands out as a real sculpture. It was designed during the 1970s by Gaetano Sciolari, famous Italian designer. It is composed of a central columm from which lea...

Gaetano Sciolari for Valenti Milano Brushed Brass Wall Mirror, Italy, circa 1970 An Italian 1970's brushed brass rectangular wall mirror wit...

Gorgeous, two-tiered brass chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari features his signature flat, "knife-blade" crystals.

Wonderful midcentury brass chandelier in the manner of Sciolari made by Staff Leuchten, manufactured in Germany, circa 1970s. Sockets: 15 x E14 small bulbs./ max. 40 watt each- G...

Rectangular crystal and gilt brass pendant ceiling light designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Palwa. Germany, circa. 1970. Original crystal clad escutcheon plate. Approximately 20 inches...

Specchio da parete con cornice in metallo cromato, design Gaetano Sciolari per Valenti, anni 70. CONDIZIONI: In buone condizioni, presenta segni d'usura dati dal tempo. DIMENSIONI:...