Ceramic Scroll Shaped Lamp, circa 1980

Large Olympe table lamp designed by Harvey Guzzini for ED, Italy 1970s. The demilune shade is particularly pleasing lit, a half moon of ambient light through semi-opaque acrylic. It ...

Large Olympe table lamp designed by Harvey Guzzini for ED, Italy 1970s. The demilune shade is particularly pleasing lit, a half moon of ambient light through semi-opaque acrylic. It ...

Richard Sapper (1932-2015) was born in German but worked in Italy, and his work brings together the best design principles of both nations. On one hand the ‘Tizio’ lamp possesses a northern European emphasis on functionalism. It was conceived as the ideal table lamp by its creator because of its wide range of movements, based on precisely calibrated counterweights at the end of each of the arms. On the other hand, it has a radically lithe profile and dusky, equipoised sense of style redolent of southern European sensibilities. It has become “an icon of high-tech design”, according to the MoMA where an example exhibited, and had its heyday as the lamp of choice for the design-conscious bright young things...

Gio Ponti (1881-1979) was a Milanese architect, industrial and furniture designer, artist and publisher. He was a pivotal figure in the Italian design and manufacturing industry founding Il Labirinto with Lancia, Buzzi, Marelli, Venini and Chiesa in order to produce high-quality furniture and objects. He also founded Domus magazine which helped contextualise and promote the work of Italian designers and manufacturers around the world. Throughout his career he designed many icons but is perhaps most known for the symbol of modern Milan, the Pirelli skyscraper, in 1956. His furniture has always drawn deeply from Italian traditions and given them a modern edge. This gorgeous lamp is a great example of that. Made from two elements, a textured green aluminium conical base which rises into a delicate opal...

Designed by Gijs Bakker in 1973 and taking inspiration from the light defusing umbrellas used in photography studios. Bakker aimed to create a lamp with the function dispersing the l...

Hanging in equilibrium, Francois Châtain skillfully plays with dynamics. The table lamp appears to have a wooden ball delicately float amongst the perimeters of the lamp. As alluded...

1980s Ceramic Shell-Shaped Table Lamp with Gilded Edges.

A ceramic table lamp with red glaze decoration by Jean Austry. Sold with a new lamp shaded new european electrical system Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. Circ...

Lovely Italian ceramic table lamp - ovalshaped with relieff striped decor on the bottom of the lamp base. From Italy around the 1980s. Glazed white surface and marked underneath with...

A ceramic lamp by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. Sold with a new electrical electrification. Circa 1970-1980. Dimensions are mentioned only for the...

A ceramic table lamp with white glaze decoration by La Borne Potters. Sold with a new lamp shade and a new european electrical system Perfect original conditions. Signed under the...

Midcentury French ceramic table lamp by Jean Rivier (circa 1960s). A conically shaped lamp of earthenware with a subtle molten green glaze over the brown matt surface. The clay was l...