Sciolari Eight-Light Chandelier
View Similar Items
Sciolari Eight-Light Chandelier
About the Item
- Creator:Gaetano Sciolari (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Diameter: 24 in (60.96 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1970s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:Seller: ADF 1911stDibs: LU106124263253
Gaetano Sciolari
The work of celebrated mid-century Italian lighting designer and entrepreneur Angelo Gaetano Sciolari became widely popular in the United States during the postwar years and strongly influenced lighting makers around the world. The sculptural forms and striking geometric details of his vintage floor lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures fit seamlessly into the mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency interiors of the day.
Sciolari formally studied architecture but also pursued filmmaking for a short period. When his father passed away in 1949, Sciolari took the reins at his family's company, Sciolari Lighting, which had been in business in Rome since 1892. The manufacturer expanded considerably under Gaetano’s leadership. For one, pioneering American lighting company Lightolier, in New York City, began to import the Italian brand’s lighting for the U.S. market, and Lightolier’s star designer, Gerald Thurston, was significantly influenced by Gaetano’s work. In the 1970s, Americans looking to add provocative fixtures created by Gaetano Sciolari to their living rooms could find them in Lightolier catalogs.
Sciolari initially crafted lamps and sconces that bore the hallmarks of traditional Italian design. But during the 1950s, when he would become the in-house designer for legendary Milan lighting manufacturer Stilnovo — one of the leaders of Italian postwar design — he created revolutionary fixtures that endured as his best-known work.
Sciolari drew on a range of influences — enthusiasts see the imprint of Art Deco, brutalism and more in his lighting — and designed futuristic Space Age chandeliers, ceiling lamps and pendants for Stilnovo as well as Stilkronen and S.A. Boulanger that defied the conventions of the time. A dizzying array of materials and finishes characterizes the designer’s work, while geometry is pronounced in each sculptural fixture — there are blown opal glass spheres, polished chrome tubes and brass square bulb holders. These combinations were critical to the development of dazzling lighting that proves eye-catching in any space decades later.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Angelo Gaetano Sciolari lighting today.
- Eight-Light Spoke Chandelier by SciolariBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in New York, NYSophisticated spoke form chandelier by Sciolari. Eight arms each having a candle light bulb. Silver plated brass with decorative gun metal trim. The me...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsSilver Plate
- Gaetano Sciolari Gold Plated & Glass Eight-Light Chandelier Italy 1970By Gaetano SciolariLocated in Miami, FLGaetano Sciolari gold-plated eight-light chandelier with Glass prisms made in Italy in the 1970. US rewired and in working condition. 60 watts max per bu...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsMetal, Gold Plate
- Sciolari Eight-Arm Chrome ChandelierBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in Los Angeles, CASciolari eight-arm chandelier, circa 1970.Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
- Mid Century Sciolari Eight Arm Sixteen Light Pierced Chrome ChandelierBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in Troy, MICirca 1970s chandelier in chrome by Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier. Each of this fixture’s eight arms has an uplight and downlight and standard sized sockets for a ...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsMetal, Chrome
- Gaetano Sciolari Italian Modern Wood and Brass Eight-Light ChandelierBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in New York, NYItalian Modern eight-light chandelier in wood and brass. (GAETANO SCIOLARI)(Similar piece in brass: REG5293)Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsBrass, Metal
- Gaetano Sciolari Chandelier Glass Eight-ArmBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in Westport, CTGaetano Sciolari brass and glass Mid-Century cylinder chandelier.Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsBrass
$4,200 / set