Gjilla Giani for Sormani 'Radar' Table Lamp

Studio Salvatori, (G. Salvatori, A. Bazzini) for the Nucleo Division of Sormani, lamp, model ‘4’, aluminum, silk-screened plexiglass, Italy 1971 Rare prototype of the model ‘4’ table lamp, designed by G. Salvatori and A. Bazzini for the Nucleo Division of Sormani. This wonderful lamp is a great example of the technical advances in lamp design in Italy, starting in the late 1960s. It represents an imaginative response to the availability of translucent plexiglass sheets. The use of plexiglass opened a whole new range of possibilities in the field of lamp design. The material has the transparent quality of glass, while at the same time being less fragile and therefore less dangerous in use. It also has a very specific way of transmitting the light, which appears to be passing through the sheet slower than through glass. Together with the almost hallucinating pattern in the plexiglass, that is lit from below by four bulbs, this lamp has hypnotizing qualities. The family-owned company Sormani was established in 1961 in the northern Italian town of Arosio. At the end of the sixties, the firm distinguished itself by its avant-garde furniture and furnishings in plastics. Richard Neagle was among the first using vacuum...

Studio A.R.D.I.T.I. for Sormani Nucleo Division, floor lamp model 'Ponte', Carrara marble, chrome-plated metal, acrylic, Italy, 1971 Lighting sculpture by Studio A.R.D.I.T.I. for So...

Gianfranco Frattini for Arteluce, table lamp, model 597, chrome-plated aluminium, rayon, Italy, 1961. Gianfranco Frattini designed this innovative table lamp for Arteluce in 1961. A...

Filippo Panseca for Kartell, table lamp, model '4044', chrome-plated brass, perspex, neon, mirror, Italy, 1968. Futuristic spherical lamp designed by Italian designer Filippo Pansec...

Claudio Salocchi for Lumenform, table lamp 'Tulpa", marble, chrome-plated steel, acrylic, Italy, 1971 Italian designer Claudio Salocchi based his 'Tulpa' lamp on a marble square. Fr...

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, floor lamp model 1102/D 'garden light', lacquered metal, glass, Italy, 1975 The frame of this eccentric light sculpture is executed in a green colored metal mesh, a material that has frequently been used for garden furnishings...

'Zero' table lamp by Nucleo Sormani. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s. Travertine, original cord. We recommend one E27 75w maximum Edison...

'Maja' table lamp by Giuliano Cesari for Nucleo Sormani. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1969. Travertine, original cord. Retains original manufactu...

Cube shaped Prismar table lamp designed by Studio A.R.D.I.T.I. in 1972 and produced by Nucleo Sormani. This table or floor lamp consists of 5 mirror-like smoky grey elements, held t...

Carved travertine marble table lamp designed by Giuliano Cesari manufactured for Nucleo Sormani, Italy, circa 1970s. The lamp comes with its original label signed "Marble Art - M...

Midcentury amazing travertine marble table lamp by Giuliano Cesari manufactured for Nucleo Sormani. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Compact travertine piece with minimal lighting cut...

Extemely elegant and minimalist lamp.