1980s Table Lamps

Here you are shown the US wired 'Tahiti' Table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mounted on a black and white bacterio-patterned laminate base. EU VERSION 220v AVAILABLE IN ANOTHER LISTING. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. One of the most influential and important figures of the last century. As an Architect and Designer, he has participated in all radical movements whether created from the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981 he founded the Memphis group, a group that has radically changed the scenario of Italian and world design. Honored with numerous international awards, was winner of the Golden Compass in 1959. He designed the first laptop "Valentina" by Olivetti. He died in 2007 at the age of 90 years. Memphis Milano is the great cultural phenomenon of the 1980s that revolutionized creative and commercial logics in design. Born from the idea of Ettore Sottsass and a group of young designers and architects, in Milan, coupled in the years by famous designers from the international scene, Memphis turned upside down all of the existing parameters on living. Ettore Sottsass as the backbone of the group, design gained a new concept and expression through new shapes, materials and patterns, expanding the creative limits of the industry. Memphis became a symbol of New Design. Its influence is still clear in various sectors of production and beyond. Additional info: - Dimensions: H 23.5 inches - Materials: Metal - Lighting info: 50 W, 12 V -Additional Lighting Info: Please note that this item is wired in 110 V for the standard US light socket. - Price includes additional US rewiring cost for accessibility to US outlets. - If you are interested in the EU version of this light, please refer to the dealers storefront for the (EU) wired light fixture...

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Large Isamu Noguchi Akari 23N floor lamp. Executed in handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with original Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp and metal legs. ...

Table lamp, model 1X, designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo ribbing structure covered by washi paper manufactured according to the tradition...

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Model number 7A table or floor lamp by Isamu Noguchi for Akari. Original version manufactured by Ozeki & co in Japan. Rice paper, enameled metal. Retains manufacturer's original st...

Akari 1A lamp, designed by Isamu Noguchi. In good condition. Edition signed with stamped manufacturer's mark. Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was one of the 20th...

This industrial light was manufactured in former Czechoslovakia by Elektrosvit in the 1960s. It features a dark grey cast aluminum body, an iron cage and explosion-proof glass. The p...

Beautiful light sculpture by the Japanese design master Isamu Noguchi, known as model 2P. This is a vintage original piece, purchased by the previous owner in New York in the 1980s. ...

Four-legged table lamp model Valigia designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr, manufactured by Stilnovo, Italy, 1977. This funny shaped floor lamp is very typical out of the box thinking by Et...

Early and very rare table / desk lamp model "3X" designed by Isamu Noguchi and produced by Ozeki & Co, Japan in the 1950s. In great vintage and original condition with patina from ag...

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...