Ostuni Task Lamp for O-Luce

Vintage Italian brass adjustable floor lamp designed by Giuseppe Ostuni and manufactured by Oluce. Has a brass tripod base and adj...

This Italian task lamp was manufactured by Stilux/Milano, features a carrara marble base, adjustable arm and stem in black with brass and an acrylic white shade.  

Designed by Angelo Ostuni for Italian maker O-Luce, this floor lamp can be height adjusted by moving the lamp and shade up or down on the brass support rod. The base is also brass an...

Italian adjustable floor lamp by Angelo Ostuni for O-Luce.

Adjustable desk or table lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi with brass column and enameled brass shade and base.

Brass table lamp by Stilnovo. Centre brass column mounted on 3/4" beveled glass base holding an adjustable round brass shade. Beautiful brass patina.

Large 1960s Giuseppe Ostuni table lamp for O-Luce. A sculptural design executed in enameled metal and brass. Shade can be raised or lowered to desired height. A rare table lamp of at...

1950s Giuseppe Ostuni 'Vipere' table lamp for O-Luce. An extremely rare and surprisingly utilitarian table lamp executed in white painted aluminum an...

1950s Giuseppe Ostuni Model #214 Metal & Brass Table Lamp for O-Luce. A sculptural design executed in white painted metal and brass. Shade can be raised or lowered to desired height...

1950s Giuseppe Ostuni "Ochetta" yellow wall or table lamp for O-Luce. An extremely rare and surprisingly utilitarian lamp executed in brass and yellow painted metal by one of the mos...

Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce, large set of '181' wall lamps, Italy, 1950s This large set of wall lights is applicable to many different ways. Attach the lamp to a desk or a table and use it as a desk light, fix it to case piece or secure to the wall. Its dark metal, cylindrical shade is minimalistic and modest. You can place one piece for Directional light, or several to lighten up a complete space.  Giuseppe Ostuni (1907-1994) can be considered one of the most influential designers in modern lighting design. Born in Trieste, Italy in 1907, Giuseppe and his older brother Angelo Ostuni (1904-1981) grew up in turbulent times; in 1915 Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire during the First World War. Only a few years later in 1922, Benito Mussolini became head of the Italian government and began to establish his fascist regime that would last till 1943. During the last year of the Second World War, Giuseppe Ostuni and his family lived with his brother Angelo in Milan. There, Giuseppe started to repair lampshades that had been damaged during the war. New lampshades were made with limited resources, all by hand, due to the lack of available materials. As an autodidact, he designed modern and convenient lighting through intense study and ‘learning by doing’. Soon after, Giuseppe set up his own workshop in 1947, and in 1948 he officially registered his company ‘O-LUCE’. Together with his brother Angelo, who made a great part of the lighting drawings, he worked on numerous designs and worked together with leading designers as Franco Buzzi, Tito Angoli...

Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce, large set of '181' wall light, Italy, 1950s This stunning design by Giuseppe Ostuni is applicable in many different ways. Attach the lamp to a desk or a ...