Vintage Table Lamp in Red Lacquered Aluminum by Oscar Torlasco 1950s Italy

Table lamp with structure in brass, and lampshade in red-painted aluminum designed by Angelo Lelii, Italian Manufacture 1950s. Licterature: Domus n.288, November 1953, p. 35; C. & P. Fiell, 1000 lights 1878 to 1959, Taschren, Koln, 2005, p. 489 A. Pansera, A. Padoan, A. Palmaghini, Arredoluce catalogue 1943-1987, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, 2018, p. 281 Paolo Angelo Lelii was born in 1915 in Ancona but very soon he moved with his family to Milan, and some time later he moved to Monza with his wife, where he began manufacturing lamps in his house in 1943 and that in 1946 he advertised his Tris lamp at the Domus magazine. It was in 1947 that he founded Arredoluce, a premier manufacturer of furniture and lighting, in Monza. During the same year, at the VIII Triennale di Milano, he exhibited the lamp 12128, which became known as the Triennale floor lamp. He became an influential designer in postwar Italy, especially in the field of modern lighting design. During the 1950s, Arredoluce started to collaborate with such designers as Franco Albini, Achille Castiglioni, Gio Ponti, Ettore Sottsass, and Nanda Vigo and also began to experiment with halogen light bulbs for its designs. Out of this experimentation, Lelii increased the use of transformers for his designs and created the recognizable floor switch used in most of Arredoluce’s floor lamps. Angelo Lelii’s lamps and lighting objects stand out for their extremely simple designs that strive for minimal complexity and for their strong sense of unadorned sensitivity. Thanks to Angelo Lelii’s unique approach to lighting design, Arredoluce quickly built a reputation for creating premium quality lights based on clean, simple, and functional designs. The most well-known designs of Angelo Lelii are the Triennale floor lamp model 12128 (1947) and the Cobra table lamp (1964), which became famous for its unique shape and for the low voltage used by incorporating the transformer in its base. His other iconic lights are the Tris lamp (1946), the Eye floor light (1950), the Stella ceiling light...

Table or desk lamp with structure and lampshade entirely realized in chromed steel, it as a part of the AM/AS series designed by the iconic duo Franco Albini and Franca Helg and manu...

Rare brass and lacquered red aluminum table / desk lamp designed by Oscar Torlasco Produced by Lumi, Italy, 1954 Triple light bulbs. Ref: 1950 Bib. Furniture Magazine, Jan 19...

- made in Czechoslovakia - made of lacquered metal - re-polished - fully functional - good, original condition.