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Elio Martinelli Step Chandelier in Black Lacquered Metal by Martinelli Luce 70s

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A rare ceiling lamp or chandelier (model Step) with a semisphere lampshade in black lacquered aluminum, it was designed by Elio Martinelli and produced by the Italian company, Martinelli Luce during the 1970s. The concentric shapes repeated in a precise sequence, from which the Step lamp is structured, reveal an attitude of the designer in search of geometric essentiality. It is a lamp characterized by simple and functional lines in which all the elements are inserted into each other reducing to a disk a few centimeters high, with closing system and telescopic opening. Its particular metal lamellar structure recalls some of the most famous lamps by Alvar Aalto and the hexagonal lamp designed in 1959 by Bruno Munare for Danese. Literature: Emiliana Martinelli, Elio Martinelli e Martinelli Luce, Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2018 pg 155. Martinelli Luce was born in 1950 thanks to the intuition of Elio Martinelli, one of the most significant designers of the sixties and seventies in the field of lighting, able to transmit to his daughter Emiliana (today at the head of the company) the passion and rigor in her work characterized by an aesthetic language inspired by nature and the purity of geometric shapes, factors that have allowed the brand to become a benchmark in its industry. Over the years the company collaborates with many important designers such as Gae Aulenti Sergio Asti, Richard Neutra, Studio Orlandini, Marc Sadler, Luc Ramael, Studio Lucchi & Biserni, Angelo Micheli, Karim Rashid, Massimo Farinatti, Paola Navone, Alfonso Femia and in recent years young talents such as Brian Sironi, Marco De Santi - Studio Natural, Studio 4P1B, Studio Habits, Adolini+Simonini Associati and many others. ''We believe in the essential, which for us means no frills or unnecessary frills; the lines we design and that give shape and outline to our products, are both the minimum and the maximum. It is not simply a matter of design: is design concept and production philosophy. We want to stimulate new points of view by inspiring through our products the curiosity and creativity of people; whether they are engineers, architects, dealers or simply private. To make them see with new eyes what appears to them daily as ordinary. Through these simple and priceless values for us we are able to remain faithful to the creative culture that pervades every project or product''.
  • Creator:
    Martinelli Luce (Manufacturer),Elio Martinelli (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Diameter: 27.56 in (70 cm)
  • Power Source:
    Hardwired
  • Lampshade:
    Included
  • Style:
    Post-Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Aluminum,Metal,Lacquered
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1977
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Montecatini Terme, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5304235099542

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