Large 16-Arm Sputnik Brass Black, Stilnovo Style Italian Midcentury Style

Beautiful brass flower sconce or chandlier. Could be amazing in a kids room or above a sideboard or above a table, possibilities are endless. P...

3-tier Doria tube chandelier, midcentury, Germany Beautiful glamorous accent to any decor.3 tiers and solid glass. Each tube is hung on a separate metal pie...

Chrome desk lamp with lacquered blue Sputnik design, French, 1970s. Beautiful desk lamp in lovely condition. Original design. Same era as: Charlotte Per...

Gabriella Crespi signed brass chalices 1970 midcentury Italian Dimensions: 3.5 in diameter, 7 in height, base 3 in. About Gabriella Crespi (Designer) Bronze discs that open up like clamshells for storage and fold back in to become side tables. Sleek cubes barely suspended off the ground that transform into full-size dining tables. Clean-lined boxes that contain multilevel shelving. Looking at the work of Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, born in 1922 and still producing furniture in her Milan studio, it’s hard to believe that many of these highly functional pieces — modernist Rubik’s Cubes of materials, colors and ergonomics — were created decades ago. Among her best-known creations, the bronze Ellisse table, 1976, and her bronze-and-lacquer Yang-Yin bar, 1979, encapsulate a designer who had a strong dualism in her vision, mixing humble and precious materials, for instance, or creating geometric shapes that were softened by sensual surfaces. Crespi began studying architecture in 1944 at the Politecnico, in Milan, where she was among just a handful of women, and became profoundly influenced by the work of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. After getting married and having children, she launched her own collections, from jewelry to furniture, and soon gained a loyal following, with design houses such as Maison Dior snapping pieces up for their own lines. She began work on her most iconic collection, “Plurimi,” in the late 1960s, and the series — including her Dama table...

This Italian Sputnik ceiling lamp from the 1950s is a captivating example of mid-century modern design in the style of Stilnovo. Featuring three arms with white acrylic glass shades,...

This Italian Sputnik ceiling lamp from the 1950s is a striking example of mid-century modern design, inspired by the iconic style of Stilnovo. With its six elegantly curved arms and ...

This Italian Sputnik ceiling lamp from the 1950s is a captivating example of mid-century modern design in the style of Stilnovo. Featuring five arms with brass sockets, this lamp exu...

This Italian Sputnik ceiling lamp from the 1950s is a captivating example of mid-century modern design in the style of Stinovo. Featuring five arms with white acrylic glass shades, r...