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SILVER Seller in Pistoia, Italy
Ceiling or pendant lamp with three opaline glass elements with enamelled and nickel-plated metal frame. Produced by Stilnovo in the 1970s. Stilnovo was an important lighting company founded by Bruno Gatta in 1946. Stilnovo is a significant part of the first wave of post-war Italian design companies, specialising in the production of innovative and functional lighting. At its peak, between 1950 and the late 1980s, Stilnovo collaborated with some of the most important Italian designers since Bruno Gatta, Danilo and Corrado Aroldi, Gaetano Sciolari, Alberto Fraser, Joe Colombo and Ettore Sottsass. At a time when the idea of function was combined with new types of materials to produce spartan and new forms, it was an era of experimentation, when the neo-realism movement clashed with the philosophy of organicism, and when architects borrowed, subverted and discarded the craftsmanship that had been the dominant creative force in Italy for centuries. Often favourably compared to Arteluce, which under the leadership of Gino Sarfatti explored abstract and linear forms, Stilnovo is known for its well-executed organic lines. The Periscope table lamp, designed by Aroldi in 1967, is an example of this. Exhibited at the New Domestic Landscape in New York in 1968, its snake-like lines are softened by the enamel finish, creating an effect that is both restrained and vivid.
ID: 6186-1681828446-61879
