Modern Furniture
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Creator: Fontana Arte
Cini Boeri Hand Blown Murano Glass Light Pink Table Lamp
Located in London, England
An elegant table lamp made from layered and blown Murano glass and a circular cast iron metal base. Signed.
A single piece of glass forms the shade, connecting to the fluted glass s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass, Reeded Glass, Blown Glass
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Fontana Total Black Table Lamp in Glass, 2014 Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Fontana total black table lamp, 2014 Edition, is an unusual Total Black produced in 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Equatore SmallTable Lamp Designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti for Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a small table lamp, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made in glass and metal and is part of a collection including table, floor an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Max Ingrand Dahlia Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand Dahlia chandelier. Polished & nickeled brass, curved glass. 16 Arms, each ending with a candelabra socket. Glass petals alternate betwee...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
2 Fontana Arte Italian Mid-Century Round Green Glass Wall Mirror
By Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
2 Italian Mid-Century (1940s) round wall mirrors with tinted light green glass. (By FONTANA ARTE) (PRICED EACH)
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Large Bambù table lamps by Humberto & Fernando Campana for Candle, 2000s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Pair of large Bambù table lamps by Humberto & Fernando Campana for Candle (Fontana Arte).
The model consists of a, seen from above, eye-shaped cream colou...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gae Aulenti Tavolo Con Ruote Low Glass Coffee Table on Casters for Fontana Arte
Located in Miami, FL
Designed by Gae Aulenti, this low coffee table consists of a tempered glass top supported by four black industrial wheels and was produced by Fontana Arte and imported by Luminaire.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian modern Coffee table Orio by Pierluigi Cerri for Fontana Arte, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Coffee table Orio by Pierluigi Cerri for Fontana Arte, 1980s
Coffee table mod. Orio with round top in smoked glass with bevelled edge. The metal structure features a s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Table Lamp Ali Model by Denis Santachiara for Fontana Arte, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ali model in layered glass and transparent glass structure
Original label Prod. Fontana Arte, 1986. Designed by Denis Santachiara.
Biography
Denis Santachiara, born in 1950 in Camp...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Roberto Menghi Lamps, FontanaArte, 1960
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Roberto Menghi's Lampara lamp, produced by FontanaArte in 1960, is a timeless icon of Italian design. Featuring clean, minimalist lines, this table lamp embodies the elegance and sim...
Category
1960s Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lamp Lampara Roberto Menghi, FontanaArte, 1960
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Roberto Menghi's Lampara lamp, produced by FontanaArte in 1960, is a timeless icon of Italian design. Featuring clean, minimalist lines, this table lamp embodies the elegance and sim...
Category
1960s Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lampada da terra Chiara, italiana moderna, di Cini Boeri per Fontana Arte, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Lampada da terra Chiara, italiana moderna, di Cini Boeri per Fontana Arte, 1980s.
Lampada da terra modello Chiara con base tonda in metallo, stelo in vetro di Murano blu scanalato e ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lampada da tavolo "Ambigua" disegnata da Guido Rosati per Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, MI
Rarissima lampada Fontana Arte appartenente alla collezione Fatua disegnata nel 1972 da Guido Rosati per Fontana Arte. E' una rara versione a forma di clessidra in vetro satinato con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Green table lamp Tapira by Gianemilio Piero and Anna Monti Fontana Arte, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern green table lamp Tapira by Gianemilio Piero and Anna Monti Fontana Arte, 1970s
Table lamp mod. Tapira with elliptical base. The structure is entirely made of bright gr...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Set of 3 Appliques Parola by Piero Castiglioni and Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Set of 3 Appliques Parola, a collaborative masterpiece by Piero Castiglioni and Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte, epitomizes the pinnacle of mid-century Italian lighting design. Craf...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Low table in mirrored glass and brass, Fontana Arte, circa 1960
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Enhance your space with the timeless elegance of this mirrored glass and brass coffee table from Fontana Arte, a design icon from the 1960s. The fusion of fine materials, mirrored gl...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte, Wall Mirror, Brass, Italy, 1940s
By Fontana Arte
Located in High Point, NC
A brass wall mirror designed and produced by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Metis Lighting Fontana Arte Nobi Floor Lamp in Frosted Glass, Designed in 1992
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Metis Lighting in 1992 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Nobi floor lamp guarantees total practicality for innovative elegant design. The two bowl-shaped glass discs ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Archivio Storico Fontana Arte Aluminum Pear Tree Blown Glass Floor Lamp Italy
Located in Miami, FL
A pure and elegant modernist floor lamp designed by Archivio Storico for Fontana Arte. The 2198 Model from Fontana Arte is a classic Floor Lamp. The diffuser is in satin white blown ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
1990s Fontana Arte Table Lamps Model Falena by Alvaro Siza Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1990s Magnificent pair of modern table lamps by Fontana Arte designed by Alvaro Siza Italy
circa 1994.
Adjustable body to manage light.
Chrome metal and glass.
Low-voltage table lamp...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pietro Chiesa, Floor Lamp, Brass, Glass, Fabric Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, glass and fabric floor lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa and produced by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 69.5” H x 10.5” W x 10.25” D
Dimensions of Sh...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Cini Boeri Hand Blown Murano Milk Glass White Table Lamp
Located in London, England
An elegant table lamp made from hand blown Murano glass and a circular metal base.
A single piece of glass forms the shade, connecting to the fluted glass stem via three screws. Li...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass, Reeded Glass, Blown Glass
Fontana Arte Bambù Lamp, Humberto and Fernando Campana
By Candle, Fontana Arte
Located in Miami, FL
Fontana Arte Bambù Lamp, Humberto and Fernando Campana
Offered for sale is a Fontana Arte Bambù model table lamp created by Humberto Campana (1953...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron
Cini Boeri Hand Blown Murano Glass Blue Table Lamp
Located in London, England
An elegant table lamp made from hand blown Murano glass and a circular metal base.
A single piece of glass forms the shade, connecting to the fluted glass stem via three screws. Li...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Reeded Glass
Franceschina Table Lamp by Umberto Riva for Fontana Arte, 1989
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Table lamp, model Franceschina. Designed by Umberto Riva in 1989. Produced by Fontana Arte with the highest quality materials such as bronze and soft satin opaline glass. A design th...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Italian modern Segno Due floor lamps by Gregotti Associati Fontana Arte, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Segno Due floor lamps by Gregotti Associati Fontana Arte, 1980s
Pair of two floor lamps mod. Segni Due with a round base. The structure and base are in gray painted tu...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pietro Chiesa Fontana Arte Cartoccio Q Vase, Designed 1932
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extraordinary vases designed by Pietro Chiesa in 1932 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made from hot folding of a sheet of glass. Cartoccio Q is available in transparent glass. Manu...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian Modern Opaline Glass Table Lamp Daruma by Asti for Fontana Arte, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Opaline glass Table lamp Daruma by Asti for Fontana Arte, 1970s
Table lamp mod. Daruma with round base. The rounded structure of the diffuser is made up of two hemisp...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
"Pinecone" Large Table Lamp Designed by Paola Navone for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pinecone" is a large table lamp, designed by Paola Navone and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a lampshade in transparent or frosted white blown glass, a metal cage with nickel or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Claesson Koivisto Rune Fontana Arte Io Wall Lamp in Aluminium, Designed in 2015
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shaped like a small curved lunar disc, Io is a wall lamp designed for Led light sources. Thanks to its dual-axis rotation frame, it has the distinguishing feature rotating on both lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Pinecone" Small Table Lamp Designed by Paola Navone for Fontanaarte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pinecone" is a large table lamp, designed by Paola Navone and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a lampshade in transparent or frosted white blown glass, a metal cage with nickel or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
1960s Fontana Arte Magazine Rack
By Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
A smoked glass magazine rack with a curved brass frame featuring tapered legs and handle. From the 1960s-1970s made by the Italian design company Font...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte "Setareh" Table Lamp Designed by Francesco Librizzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Setareh" is a table lamp, designed by Francesco Librizzi and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a structure in gold or chromed metal and a sphere in white satin blown glass. The suspended version comes bare or with a white or black lampshade or a metal disc. In the table version the base is in gray or red mineral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold, Chrome
RE Table Lamp Designed by Bobo Piccoli for Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the game of chess with their sinuous shapes, Re and Regina are the key characters of the chessboard. Their profiles stand out clearly in the white light diffused by opale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
All Glass Table or Floor Lamp by Fontana Arte, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Praha, CZ
Table or floor lamp by Fontana Arte.
Never used.
Made in Italy in 2010s
1x100W, E25-E27 bulb
US plug adapter included.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte 3247TA Small Table Lamp in White Frosted Blown Glass
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of floor and table lamps with diffuser in frosted white blown glass and structure in nickel-plated metal.
The diffuser is available in white frosted blown glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Kanji" Blown Glass Wide Pendant Lamp Designed by Denis Guidone for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Kanji" is a wide pendant lamp, designed by Denis Guidone and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in blown glass with two finishes, transparent smoky gray and frosted white, and structure and handle in black painted metal. It cab be provided with a dimmer and lighting source is 10W LED (2700K, CRI>80, Lumen 1000).
Dimensions:
Ø 16.8", H. 15.3" (lamp) plus 98.4"
"Kanji" is a collection of lighting elements that reinterprets traditional Oriental portable lanterns in a contemporary vision. Available in tabletop and ceiling models, it draws inspiration from Chinese porcelain dating from the Ming dynasty. The hand-blown glass diffuser, in frosted white and translucent smoky gray, is adorned with a pleated surface decoration.
A LED ring runs inside the structure and magically illuminates the diffuser. Evocative of Far East not only as form but also as a name, as "Kanji" are characters of Chinese origin used in Japanese writing in conjunction with the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, "Kanji" is designed to be used alone or in pairs, with each form amplifying the aesthetic power of the other.
Denis Guidone studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and at FAUP in Oporto. He won numerous international awards, including the IDA Design Award in Los Angeles. He was also given the Bruno Munari Prize by Gillo Dorfles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Modern Neon Backlit Square Mirror by Gianni Celada for Fontana Arte 1970
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern neon backlit square mirror with semi-transparent decoration on the glass by Gianni Celada for Fontana Arte, 1970s.
Backlit neon mirror, square shape with container fr...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Fontanaarte "Equatore" Large Glass Pendant Lamp by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a large pendant lamp, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in glass and metal and is part of a collection including table, floor a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Nobi Floor Lamp with 4 Diffusers Designed by Metis Lighting for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nobi 4" is a floor lamp, designed by Metis Lighting and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a frame in chromed or satin nickel metal, diffusers in frosted glass and black power c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Nickel, Metal, Aluminum
REGINA Table Lamp Designed by Bobo Piccoli for Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the game of chess with their sinuous shapes, Re and Regina are the key characters of the chessboard. Their profiles stand out clearly in the white light diffused by opale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Matti Klenell Fontana Arte Bianca Small Suspension Lamp in Blown Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Matti Klenell in 2015 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Bianca suspension lamp is a family of lamps with diffuser in blown glass, comprising pendant, floor, wall/ceiling and table versions, the latter with or without base. Its beautifully balanced shape is enriched and made unique by
an orderly series of delicate, light grooves that, on the white volume of the glass, look like tiny prints...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Fontana Arte "Optunia" Cast Glass Table Lamp by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Optunia" is a wall lamp, designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a structure in cast aluminum, available with paints in white, onyx or glossy black nickel-plated colors. The price of this lamp reflects the white finish. Please inquire for pricing on additional colors. Molded cast glass, frosted and painted from behind, working as a diffuser. Base in painted metal. Power source housed in the base for the wall and ceiling versions, in the breadboard for the hanging version or onto a peg in the table version. It can be provided with a dimmer and lighting sources are 2 x 11W LED (3000K, CRI>80, Lumen 1384 + 1384).
Dimensions: Ø 5.1" (discs), D. 9.8", H. 10.3"
"Optunia" is a collection of lighting elements available in four variants for tabletop (with or without stem), floor, wall and ceiling. Its functionality lies in the possibility of rotating the two discs that make up the nearly 360 degrees head, opening up an extraordinary number of lighting combinations. The lower disc rotates on one axis, while the upper disk simultaneously rotates on a second axis, perpendicular to the first.
This double movement gives "Optunia" the advantages of both direct and indirect light emission, exploiting the surface of the wall or ceiling to produce a soft light. Complementing its functionality, the design of such lamp is reminiscent of a form found in nature: the two disks resemble the pads of the prickly pear called "Opuntia ficus-indica", from which the lamp takes its name. A collection of exceptional technical sophistication, whose form is further emphasized by its colors: opaque white, bold and clean, dark mirrored chrome, recalling the preciousness of metal, a darker shade resembling onyx and quartz color, shifting from dark brown to black.
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architectural partnership, founded in Stockholm in 1995 by Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune.
It started as an architectural firm, but has since become an internationally acclaimed and multi-disciplinary office with an equal emphasis on both
architecture and design. They were the first Swedish office exhibiting in the international section at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004,
they are also responsible for award-wining projects such as the Tind Prefab house collection for Fiskarhedenvillan, Widlund House private villa
on Öland, Örsta Gallery building in Kumla, Sfera Building culture house in Kyoto and Nobis Hotel in Stockholm.
They design for well known international companies such as Arflex, Asplund, Blueair, Boffi, Capdell, Cappellini, Casamania, David design, Discipline, Dune NY...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
BLOM Table Lamp Designed by Andreas Engesvik for Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Its name comes from the shape of the lamp, similar to a flower due to its petal shaped blades. Light intensity can be adjusted thanks to the two petals that gently embrace the diffuser, rotating on the base to shield the glare depending on personal requirements.
Table lamp. Diffuser in milk white opaline polyethylene, petals in polycarbonate, base in painted aluminium. Diffused light emission adjusted by moving the petals.
Available in: Red R (RAL 3003...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Alligator
Gamfratesi Fontana Arte Cheshire Suspension Lamp in Opaline Polycarbonate, 2013
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by GamFratesi in 2013 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Cheshire suspension lamp echoes the studio’s Nordic imprint in its simplicity and functional aspects. The opaline...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Opaline Glass
Max Ingrand, Attb Glass Bowl/Dish/ Vide Poche, Freeform by Fontana Arte, Fx Mark
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful freeform dish/Vide - Poche by Fontana Arte, with FX mark in bottom, shows light scratches near signature. Amazing green /blue color tone glass, very traditional for the ear...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
"Galerie" Wall Lamp Designed by Federico Peri for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Galerie" is a wall lamp, designed by Federico Peri and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in glass, metal and marble and is part of a collection including also two floor lamps. It ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
"Kanji" Blown Glass Thin Pendant Lamp Designed by Denis Guidone for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Kanji" is a thin pendant lamp, designed by Denis Guidone and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in blown glass with two finishes, transparent smoky gray and frosted white, and structure and handle in black painted metal. It cab be provided with a dimmer and lighting source is 10W LED (2700K, CRI>80, Lumen 1000).
Dimensions:
Ø 12.2", H. 20.2" (lamp) plus 98.4"
"Kanji" is a collection of lighting elements that reinterprets traditional Oriental portable lanterns in a contemporary vision. Available in tabletop and ceiling models, it draws inspiration from Chinese porcelain dating from the Ming dynasty. The hand-blown glass diffuser, in frosted white and translucent smoky gray, is adorned with a pleated surface decoration.
A LED ring runs inside the structure and magically illuminates the diffuser. Evocative of Far East not only as form but also as a name, as "Kanji" are characters of Chinese origin used in Japanese writing in conjunction with the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, "Kanji" is designed to be used alone or in pairs, with each form amplifying the aesthetic power of the other.
Denis Guidone studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and at FAUP in Oporto. He won numerous international awards, including the IDA Design Award in Los Angeles. He was also given the Bruno Munari Prize by Gillo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte Rare Box Attributed to Max Ingrand, Marked
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and rare glass and plated metal box with a wooden lining. Acid Marked in glass as shown Fontana Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte Milk Glass Wall Sconces
By Fontana Arte
Located in Montréal, QC
Fontana Arte milk glass wall sconces. 40 watts E-26 Edison medium base incandescent bulb recommended or higher if LED/CFL.
Verified E-26 Edison medium base socket. Hard wire.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Fontana Arte "Optunia" Floor Lamp Designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Optunia" is a floor lamp, designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a structure in cast aluminium, available with paints in white, onyx or glossy black nickel-plated colors. Molded cast glass, frosted and painted from behind, working as a diffuser. Base in painted metal. Power source housed in the base for the wall and ceiling versions, in the breadboard for the hanging version or onto a peg in the table version. It's provided with a dimmer inserted on the electrical cord and lighting sources are two 11W LED (3000K, CRI>80, Lumen 1384 + 1384).
"Optunia" is a collection of lighting elements available in four variants for tabletop (with or without stem), floor, wall and ceiling. Its functionality lies in the possibility of rotating the two discs that make up the nearly 360 degrees head, opening up an extraordinary number of lighting combinations. The lower disc rotates on one axis, while the upper disk simultaneously rotates on a second axis, perpendicular to the first.
This double movement gives "Optunia" the advantages of both direct and indirect light emission, exploiting the surface of the wall or ceiling to produce a soft light. Complementing its functionality, the design of such lamp is reminiscent of a form found in nature: the two disks resemble the pads of the prickly pear called "Opuntia ficus-indica", from which the lamp takes its name. A collection of exceptional technical sophistication, whose form is further emphasized by its colors: opaque white, bold and clean, dark mirrored chrome, recalling the preciousness of metal, a darker shade resembling onyx and quartz color, shifting from dark brown to black.
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architectural partnership, founded in Stockholm in 1995 by Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune.
It started as an architectural firm, but has since become an internationally acclaimed and multi-disciplinary office with an equal emphasis on both
architecture and design. They were the first Swedish office exhibiting in the international section at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004,
they are also responsible for award-wining projects such as the Tind Prefab house collection for Fiskarhedenvillan, Widlund House private villa
on Öland, Örsta Gallery building in Kumla, Sfera Building culture house in Kyoto and Nobis Hotel in Stockholm.
They design for well known international companies such as Arflex, Asplund, Blueair, Boffi, Capdell, Cappellini, Casamania, David design, Discipline, Dune NY...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Fontana Arte "Pinecone" Blown Glass Pendant Lamp Designed by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pinecone" is a pendant lamp, designed by Paola Navone and manufactured by Fontana Arte, featuring a lampshade in transparent or frosted white blown glass and a metal cage with nickel or gold finish. Its lighting source is 20W LED (2700K, CRI>80, Lumen 2000).
Dimensions:
Ø 9", H 29.1" (lampshade) plus 98.4".
"Pinecone" is a collection of lighting elements characterized by a blown glass diffuser, available in transparent glossy or frosted white colors. The diffuser is manufactured using the ancient technique of caged blown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Studio Beretta Fontana Arte Small Passion Table Lamp in Glass and Metal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Studio Beretta in 2004 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the passion table lamp is a harmonious union of the delicateness of frosted glass and the pureness of metal.
The...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pietro Chiesa For Fontana Arte Brass & Murano Glass Torchiere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Brass & Murano glass Torchiere
Italy, 20th century
A rare model, of seamless organic tiered design, fitted wit...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Pangen" Painted Aluminum Ceiling Lamp Designed by FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pangen" is a ceiling lamp, designed and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a body in aluminum white (RAL 9003 gloss), black (RAL 9005 gloss) or orange (RAL 2010 gloss) painted. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
"Ananas" Wall Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ananas" is a wall lamp, designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a nickel plated metal frame, a diffuser available in amber or white laminated glass and a tempered and sandblasted glass bottom cover. Its lighting source is 1 x 80W (HA) Eco Saver R7s/80.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 5.1", W. 10.2", H. 5.1"
Wall lamp with timeless design, "Ananas" produces diffused, indirect up or down lighting, depending on how it's installed.
VICO MAGISTRETTI graduated in 1945 from Milan Polytechnic, where his lecturers included Gio' Ponti and Piero Portaluppi, and immediately started to work in his father's studio. He mainly worked for interior design. Soon he became a leading figure in the Milan due to the growing industry of design, developing an extremely expressive and unmistakable language.
At the end of the 1940s he took part in various editions of the Triennale in Milan and in 1956 he was one of the founding members of the ADI, the Italian Industrial Design Association. He has worked with important companies and his projects are part of permanent collections in the world’s most important museums. From 1998 to 2003, for Fontana Arte he designed Ananas and Bruco wall lamps, Margaret lamp with supporting bag and Morocco hanging lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Nickel, Metal
Charles Williams Fontana Arte Small Amax Suspension Lamp, 2003
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 2003 by Charles Williams for Fontana Arte, the Amax suspension lamp is an extra-large interpretation of the Classic FontanaArte lampshade. Amax is a family of suspension ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Roberto Menghi Fontana Arte Globo di Luce Suspension Lamp, Designed 1968
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Roberto Menghi in 1968 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Globo di Luce Suspension Lamp is made from blown glass, chrome and metallic copper finishes which enhances th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Copper
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