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Tobia Scarpa, "Celestia" ceiling light for Flos, Italy, 1982

About the Item

A "Celestia" ceiling light by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1982. The linen fabric diffuser, adorned with red piping, gracefully hangs from a powder-coated pressed aluminum frame. This chandelier, designated as mod. 1130 Celestia, emanates a soft glow from its five light sources, casting a warm ambiance. The durable steel diffuser positioning rods ensure stability while retaining the original manufacturer's label. In very good general condition with minor signs of wear, the "Celestia" measures 120x40h cm. Its aluminum stem supports a round white linen shade with a distinctive red border, creating an intriguing visual contrast. Flos labels on both metal and linen authenticate its origin. Documented in literature by Roberto Masiero, Domus magazine, and Giuliana Gramigna, the "Celestia" ceiling light is more than a ceiling light; it is an iconic piece of Italian design.

Creator:

Flos (Manufacturer),Tobia Scarpa (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 13.39 in (34 cm)Diameter: 47.25 in (120 cm)

Power Source:

Hardwired

Voltage:

220-240v

Lampshade:

Included

Materials and Techniques:

Aluminum,Linen

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

1982

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Chiavari, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU6764238035622

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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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