Sculptural Gold Floor Lamp with 5 Lights by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, 1960s

This vintage floor lamp was produced during the 1960s. It is made of chrome-plated elements mounted on a red metal base. The lamp has four double points of light directed parallel up and down. The geometric metal crown holds...

This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during the 1960s. The lamp is made of red plastic. Dalù is one of the best designs to reflect the strict style of the great artist, who placed beauty and everyday use on the same level. Vico Magistretti was born in Milan. He attended Parini High School before enrolled in the Regio Politecnico Faculty of Architecture in Milan in the fall of 1939. In 1943-1944 he moved to Switzerland, where he attended several academic courses at the Champ Universitarie Italien in Lausanne. It was then that he spent time with Ernesto Nathan Rogers, who had a key influence on his intellectual education. In 1945 he returned to Milan, where he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University. He immediately started working for his father's company, the architect Piergiulio Magistretti, in via Conservatorio. The 1950s were a very busy and fruitful period for the young architect, who came up with many innovative ideas and very quickly became one of the most outstanding representatives of the third generation. Over the next few years he worked as a designer as well as an architect, creating furniture and objects that will always be classics of contemporary production. It was then that he was awarded the Golden Compass for the Eclisse lamp...

Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd, Sweden. Excellent condition. New wiring.

Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd, Sweden. Please note: Listed price is for one (1) floor lamp.