Pair of B.T. Table Lamps, by Arditi and Gianni Gamberini for Sormani

This avantgarde lamps, duly certified by the Producer, were manufactured by Sormani Nucleo in 1972. The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is displaying this masterpiece of the Space Age during the exhibition "Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection February 14, 2020 — April 26, 2020". These lamps belong to the private collection of the manufacturer's family. They have a polished steel prismic base, with six Lucite lighting elements that can be moved in different positions on the cube by means of magnets. This was a patent of Duccio Trassinelli...

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...

Only a few pieces of the vertical "Ponte" floor lamp were manufactured, both in black and white marble, with vertical steel supports and the usual lexan adjustable sphere with a 50W-...

1972 Smoked gray mirrored glass table lamp. The largest version of the renowned series of lamps designed in the early 1970s by Gruppo A.R.D.I.T.I. for Sormani Nucleo division, Italy (height 45 cm - 17" 23/32). When turned off, it is a five-sided mirror, when on it is an alluring sculptural lamp. The bulb is screened, 100W. The piece comes with a label of the Nucleo division and a label signed by the late Luigi Sormani, the manufacturer. Duccio Trassinelli...

Smoked gray mirrored glass table lamp. The medium version (height 37 cm - 14" 9/16) of the renowned series of lamps designed in the early Seventies by Gruppo A.R.D.I.T.I. - Trassinel...

Low-voltage, modular, sculptural small wall lamp in stainless steel with eight lights as per 1972 catalog, with magnetic, movable Perspex cylinders and a movable cube, that can be detached from the main board and repositioned with ease in any part of the main board. Duccio Trassinelli of Studio A.R.D.I.T.I. patented this original lighting system in the early 1970s and made it a highlight of Sormani's Nucleo Division, a special, state-of-the-art department for lighting designs and accessories of all kinds. These unique Sormani lighting systems are a first example of sculptural lighting, way before the Oled technique came to life. The piece bears the original Sormani Nucleo label and has a certification in vintage original letterhead by the owner. Measures: Full size of panel 90 x 90 x 2 cm (2.95 x 2.95 x 0.07 ft.), cube is cm 25 x 25 x 11.5 (ft. 0.82 x 0.82 x 0.38) European cabling 220V AC, we can recable it according to US specifications. Easy wall mount with two hooks. Comes with “Certificate of Authenticity” on original vintage head...