Pair of Abat Jour Attributable to Fontana Arte Pietro Chiesa, Italy Bedside Lamp

Magnificent Italian large chandelier in solid brass and engraved Murano crystal glass. This fantastic piece was designed by Pietro Chiesa in Italy during the 1940s for Fontana Arte. ...

Adorable Art Deco bedside lamp presumably produced by Fog & Mørup in Denmark. Base and lampshade in green painted metal. The shadow can be tilted...

Amazing midcentury carved crystal glass ashtray. This wonderful item was designed by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte in Italy during 1960s. This piece is unique as it has two carved sides and two straight ones and tone of the crystal, that is a very elegant water marine. A perfect bowl to complete a midcentury-style living room or entrance. Measures (cms): width - 20 depth - 20 height - 2 Pietro Chiesa (1892-1948) was an Italian designer who specialised in modernist and Art Deco designs. Chiesa was one of the founding members of FontanaArte which was established in 1932, and as its artistic director, he designed hundreds of items ranging from furniture to objets d’art. A member of the Swiss Ticino family of artists, Chiesa is best known for his glass furnishing pieces, such as the Fontana table. Fontana Arte (established in 1933) was founded by Luigi Fontana, Gio Ponti, and Pietro Chiesa as a premier producer and marketer of furniture, lighting, and furnishing accessories, and distignuished itself applying the highest standards of glass craftsmanship and techniques. Throughout Fontana Arte’s history, its lamps and furniture have been highly sought after due to their superior glass craftsmanship and innovative design. Saint-Gobain Invests in Luigi Fontanta e Compagni The origins of Fontana Arte go back to 1881, when Luigi Fontana established Luigi Fontana e Compagni to produce and market sheet glass for the construction industry. Luigi’s success as an entrepreneur in the growing Italian construction sector attracted the attention of the French glass-making company Saint-Gobain, which, in 1910, took a majority stake in the ownership of Luigi Fontana e Compagni transforming it into a “Società Anonima” still under the direction of Luigi Fontana. By the mid-1920s, Fontana e Compagni’s capabilities included the creation of artistic stained glass that was mostly used in functional and decorative settings of churches and cathedrals. Gio Ponti Becomes Fontana e Compagni’s Artistic Director In just a few years, the production of such artistic stained-glass products had become of such importance that a different division within the Fontana e Compagni was created to further its development. In 1930, Luigi Fontana met the successful young Milanese architect Gio Ponti, who was then the art director of Richard-Ginori pottery company, and they formed a partnership, under the name of Luigi Fontana SA, for the production of light fixtures, furniture, and furnishing objects. During this initial period, Gio Ponti designed from Fontana Arte the now-iconic 0024 Pendant light (1931) and the Bilia Table Lamp (1931). Pietro Chiesa, Gio Ponti, and Luigi Fontana Found Fontana Arte In 1932, Gio Ponti approached Pietro Chiesa to join him and Luigi Fontana and to become Luigi Fontana SA’s artistic director. In 1933, Pietro Chiesa merged his studio, the Bottega di Pietro Chiesa, with Fontana SA, and together Luigi Fontana, Gio Ponti, and Chiesa founded Fontana Arte. During Chiesa’s tenure as artistic director, Fontana Arte’s production became rich and varied. It included furniture, tables, mirrors, sculptures, and stained glass, but it was certainly in the lighting sector where Fontana Arte excelled by creating lamps and lights with the highest standards in glass craftsmanship and modern designs. From this period came the Luminator floor lamp, the Cartoccio glass vase, and the Fontana Arte table made out of a single band of bent clear glass, (all designed by Pietro Chiesa, in 1932); and the Naska lamp...

Amazing art deco bronzed metal and brass floor lamp. This wonderful item was produced in Italy during the 1940s and it is attributed to Pietro Chiesa. This refined floor lamp in b...

Fabulous pair of sconces in beveled glass and brass with an internal back mirror. These gorgeous wall lamps were designed in Italy during the 1940s and are attributed to Fontana Arte...

Fantastic pair of mIdcentury chrome table lamps with bubble glass shade. This fantastic pair of items were designed in Italy during the 1980s. These pieces are fantastic as their design is unique and fantastic with columns made of round elements with half-round crystal bubble glass shades...

This table lamp Fontana Arte, with its delicate design will work perfect for any sophisticated home. The lamp is created with a white bowl form shade with a white glass ring below and a chrome finial. The lamp retains the Fontana Arte label...

These are special because they are of clear Fontana Arte Glass and are a pair. New custom Vellum shades.

Rare table lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa and manufactured by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1933. The original design is from 1939, this lamp is from the 1960s. The lamp has very nice patinat...

Rare table lamp attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, circa 1935-1940. Saint Gobain glass base, brass and enameled metal. Original clear bent glass two-piece shade. Entirely ...

Italian Pietro Chiesa For Fontana Arte inspired chandelier. This striking large scale Italian modernist chandelier has six lights and is made of brass with a frosted glass bottom pa...

Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte table lamp Designed and made in Italy in 1960s Patinated brass shade, glass base. 2 candelabra sockets Complimentary US rewiring upon request. We take...