Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps in Metal and Opaline Glass from Arredoluce, Italy, 1975, Set of 2

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Arredoluce, founded in Monza in 1943, was one of the most technically and formally ambitious Italian lighting manufacturers of the … Read more Arredoluce, founded in Monza in 1943, was one of the most technically and formally ambitious Italian lighting manufacturers of the postwar decades. The company was among the first to employ adjustable magnetic globe diffusers, allowing the user to redirect the light source between direct and indirect positions without mechanical articulation — a functional idea that became one of the house’s defining formal signatures. Throughout the 1960s, Arredoluce developed a line of high-intensity spotlights with orientable spherical diffusers, in direct response to the Space Age visual culture of the period: the exposed bulb, the acrylic globe, the precisely lacquered metal structure — objects that read simultaneously as functional tools and sculptural propositions. Arredoluce continued production until 1979, and the output of the 1960s and early 1970s represents the peak of the factory’s formal experimentation.

The pair comprises two lamps of different dimensions, both with lacquered metal structures — one in matte black, one in white — each housing a transparent acrylic globe. The larger white lamp features a multi-petal articulated structure arranged around the globe in a spiral geometry. The black lamp, more compact and more essential, sits closer to the eyeball typology in its purest form. Both pieces display the finishing approach characteristic of Arredoluce production: flat lacquer with no chromework, clean geometric volumes, industrial precision without detachment.

The second lamp measures 24x24x23H This piece is designed in the style of the selected designer and/or manufacturer,
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