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20th Century Achille & Piergiacomo Castiglioni Chandelier Viscontea for Flos

About the Item

Achille Castiglioni (Milan, 1918 - 2002) was one of the most prominent architects, designers and academics on the Italian and international scene. The last of the three Castiglioni brothers, after graduating in architecture in 1944 from the Milan Polytechnic, he began working in the studio already founded by his brothers. They debuted by creating fittings for the exhibition halls of companies such as RAI and Eni, involving figures such as Bruno Munari, and experimenting with innovative solutions. At the same time they also developed architectural design activities, with the creation of important buildings. Functionality and minimalism are combined with the use of anonymous objects revisited in an ironic key. Achille joined the ranks of the founding members of the Association for Industrial Design (ADI) and the organizers of the Compasso d'Oro award. In almost 60 years of activity, Achille Castiglioni has created more than a hundred objects, some of which are included in the permanent collection of important museums. Here we have a chandelier with metal structure and cocoon covering model Viscontea designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in 60s. Its height can be adjusted as preferred. Published in: G. Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000, p. 84, Allemandi, 2011. The light can be rewired for US standards upon request. 2 items available.

Creator:

Flos (Manufacturer),Achille Castiglioni (Author)

Dimensions:

Height: 25.6 in (65 cm)Width: 27.56 in (70 cm)Depth: 27.56 in (70 cm)

Power Source:

Hardwired

Voltage:

220-240v

Lampshade:

Included

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Fabric,Metal

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1960

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Turin, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU5450235408572

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Imaginative lighting is a longtime hallmark of modern Italian design. Following in the footsteps of innovative companies such as Artemide and Arteluce, the company FLOS brought a fresh aesthetic philosophy to the Italian lighting field in the 1960s, one that would produce several of the iconic floor lamp, table lamp and pendant light designs of the era.

FLOS — Latin for “flower” — was founded in the northern town of Merano in 1962 by Cesare Cassina (of the famed Cassina furniture-making family) and Dino Gavina, a highly cultured businessman who believed that artistic ideas espoused in postwar Italy could inform commercial design. The two enlisted brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni as their first designers.

Even before FLOS was formally incorporated, the Castiglionis gave the firm one of its enduring successes with the Taraxacum pendant and associated designs made by spraying an elastic polymer on a metal armature. (George Nelson had pioneered the technique in the United States in the early 1950s.) For other designs, the brothers found inspiration in everyday objects. Suggestive of streetlights, their Arco floor lamp, with its chrome boom and ball-shaped shade sweeping out from a marble block base, has become a staple of modernist decors. Designing for FLOS since 1966, Tobia Scarpa has also been inspired by the commonplace. His folded-metal Foglio sconces resemble a shirt cuff; his carved marble Biagio table lamp looks like a jai alai basket.

In 1973, FLOS purchased Arteluce, the company founded in 1939 by Gino Sarfatti, and it continues to produce his designs. In recent decades, FLOS has contracted work from several noted designers, including Marcel Wanders and Jasper Morrison. As instantly recognizable as they are, many FLOS designs remain accessible. While FLOS lighting is the essence of modernity, its sleek, subtle designs can be used to strike a sculptural note in even traditional spaces.

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