Desk Lamp by Barbaglia & Colombo for Italiana Luce
View Similar Items
Desk Lamp by Barbaglia & Colombo for Italiana Luce
About the Item
- Creator:Italiana Luce (Manufacturer),Joe Colombo (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Diameter: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Original vintage condition - very light wear.
- Seller Location:Framingham, MA
- Reference Number:Seller: Italian desk lamp 1stDibs: LU5486221291672
Joe Colombo
He died tragically young, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. But through the 1960s, Joe Colombo proved himself one of the field’s most provocative and original thinkers, and he produced a remarkably large array of innovative furniture, lighting and product designs. Even today, the creations of Joe Colombo have the power to surprise.
Cesare “Joe” Colombo was born in Milan, the son of an electrical-components manufacturer. He was a creative child — he loved to build huge structures from Meccano pieces — and in college he studied painting and sculpture before switching to architecture. In the early 1950s, Colombo made and exhibited paintings and sculptures as part of an art movement that responded to the new Nuclear Age, and futuristic thinking would inform his entire career. He took up design not long after his father fell ill in 1958, and he and his brother, Gianni, were called upon to run the family company. Colombo expanded the business to include the making of plastics — a primary material in almost all his later designs. One of his first, made in collaboration with his brother, was the Acrilica table lamp (1962), composed of a wave-shaped piece of clear acrylic resin that diffused light cast by a bulb concealed in the lamp’s metal base. A year later, Colombo produced his best-known furniture design, the Elda armchair (1963): a modernist wingback chair with a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads.
Portability and adaptability were keynotes of many Colombo designs, made for a more mobile society in which people would take their living environments with them. One of his most striking pieces is the Tube chair (1969). It comprises four foam-padded plastic cylinders that fit inside one another. The components, which are held together by metal clips, can be configured in a variety of seating shapes. Tube chairs generally sell for about $9,000 in good condition; Elda chairs for about $7,000. A small Colombo design such as the plastic Boby trolley — an office organizer on wheels, designed in 1970 — is priced in the range of $700. As Colombo intended, his designs are best suited to a modern decor. As you see on 1stDibs, if your tastes run to sleek, glossy Space Age looks, the work of Joe Colombo offers you a myriad of choices.
- Tabla Table Lamp by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo for Italiana Luce, 1980sBy Italiana Luce, Mario Barbaglia and Marco ColomboLocated in Rotterdam, NLTabla table lamp by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo for Italiana Luce, 1988 - 1990. Exceptional sculptural design with an adjustable and extendable arm that gracefully pivots on...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal, Aluminum
- Pair of Italiana Luce Lamps by Mario Barbaglia and Marco ColomboBy Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo, Italiana LuceLocated in Chicago, ILPair of Italian table lamps by Italiana Luce, designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo in 1994. Style of ArredoluceCategory
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsPlastic
- Mario Barbaglia & Marco Colombo Vintage Italiana Luce Mod Studio Table LampBy Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo, Italiana LuceLocated in Philadelphia, PAListed for sale is an original pair of table lamps, designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo, and produced by Mod STUDIO / Italiana Luce. The lamps are in fabulous original vint...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal
- Modern Metal wall lamp Halley by Colombo and Barbaglia for Italiana Luce, 1980sBy Italiana Luce, Mario Barbaglia and Marco ColomboLocated in MIlano, ITModern Metal wall lamp Halley by Colombo and Barbaglia for Italiana Luce, 1980s Wall lamp mod. Halley with adjustable and swivel arm in black painted metal. The structure is composed...Category
Vintage 1980s Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal
- Italian Design Table Lamp “Tabla” by Barbaglia and Colombo, 1980sBy Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo, Italiana LuceLocated in Renens, CHPivoting table lamp designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo during the 1980s. The table lamp has a balancing arm that pivots on top of a conical base; the arm itself can be...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal
- Flash Table Lamp Model 2207 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970sBy Joe Colombo, O-LuceLocated in Rotterdam, NLThe Flash table lamp model 2207 designed by Joe Colombo for O-Luce reflects the innovative spirit of its creator. Flash was designed as a well thought-o...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal