Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Flos "Papillona" Lamp

Achille Castiglioni for Flos Style Arc Floor Lamp, black rectangular composite base, arched steel arm, and globe lampshade. Fully extended: 86" H x 101" W x 8" D. Provenance: From a ...

Afra & Tobia Scarpa Walnut "Africa" Dining Table for B&B Italia, 1975, from with ebonized circular top above rectangular support with brass trim, with "Made in Italy for B&B America ...

Bruno Gecchelin for O-Luce "Sovrana" White Floor Lamp, 1970s, in white enameled metal. 91" H x 35" W x 15" D. Provenance: From a Vintage Collection of Italian Designer Furniture Samp...

Bruno Gecchelin for O-Luce "Sovrana" White Floor Lamp, 1970s, in white enameled metal. 91" H x 35" W x 15" D. Provenance: From a Vintage Collection of Italian Designer Furniture Samp...

Flos rod lamp Papillona model, design by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, 80s, with black lacquered steel rod. The lamp is of the first model released, with switch and foot slider to adjust the light intensity and mounts its original 300w halogen lamp, but it can also mount the new low power led lamps. The lamp is working and in excellent condition, with original lacquer intact and with a clearly visible mark in the lampshade, the diffuser glasses have been replaced. From their first meeting at the IUAV in Venice until the transfer to the Venetian countryside, her place of origin, the son of Carlo Scarpa, Tobia appunto (class 1935) and Afra Bianchin (class 1937) first shared a degree - it was 1957 and the two officially became architects - then a marriage and a career that marked their lives and those of Italian drawing at the turn After the laurel wreath, after Tobia was in service for the Venini glassworks in Murano (but only for a few months), it seems that it was Franco Albini who sparked between the two. Not that Franco Albini did anything firsthand. But while he was in the chair giving his decoration course, the two young artists fell in love with those same desks in the service of design. So the Pigreco for Gavina - first project together, first chair together - came into the world just like a daughter: the result of a flame of love...

Conditions: Good Materials: Aluminum, Prismatic glass Era: 1980 Measurements: 27x25x192 cm The "Papillona" floor lamp by Tobia Scarpa for Flos is a masterpiece of design that embodie...

The Papillona produced by Flos, is an iconic floor lamp designed in 1975 by Tobia Scarpa. Its essential and elegant style perfectly embodies the minimalist and innovative taste that...

Pair of Papillona Floor lamps realized for Flos in 1977. Very good condition. Ref. Domus n. 648, Marzo 1984, p. 44; G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arre...