Gaetano Sciolari vintage floor lamp, 1970s
About the Item
- Creator:Gaetano Sciolari (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 63 in (160 cm)Diameter: 17.72 in (45 cm)
- Power Source:Hardwired
- Lampshade:Included
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Bastia Umbra, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9337239515462
Gaetano Sciolari
The work of celebrated mid-century Italian lighting designer and entrepreneur Angelo Gaetano Sciolari became widely popular in the United States during the postwar years and strongly influenced lighting makers around the world. The sculptural forms and striking geometric details of his vintage floor lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures fit seamlessly into the mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency interiors of the day.
Sciolari formally studied architecture but also pursued filmmaking for a short period. When his father passed away in 1949, Sciolari took the reins at his family's company, Sciolari Lighting, which had been in business in Rome since 1892. The manufacturer expanded considerably under Gaetano’s leadership. For one, pioneering American lighting company Lightolier, in New York City, began to import the Italian brand’s lighting for the U.S. market, and Lightolier’s star designer, Gerald Thurston, was significantly influenced by Gaetano’s work. In the 1970s, Americans looking to add provocative fixtures created by Gaetano Sciolari to their living rooms could find them in Lightolier catalogs.
Sciolari initially crafted lamps and sconces that bore the hallmarks of traditional Italian design. But during the 1950s, when he would become the in-house designer for legendary Milan lighting manufacturer Stilnovo — one of the leaders of Italian postwar design — he created revolutionary fixtures that endured as his best-known work.
Sciolari drew on a range of influences — enthusiasts see the imprint of Art Deco, brutalism and more in his lighting — and designed futuristic Space Age chandeliers, ceiling lamps and pendants for Stilnovo as well as Stilkronen and S.A. Boulanger that defied the conventions of the time. A dizzying array of materials and finishes characterizes the designer’s work, while geometry is pronounced in each sculptural fixture — there are blown opal glass spheres, polished chrome tubes and brass square bulb holders. These combinations were critical to the development of dazzling lighting that proves eye-catching in any space decades later.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Angelo Gaetano Sciolari lighting today.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Bastia Umbra, Italy
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
- Sciolari style vintage chandelier, 1970sBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in Bastia Umbra, ITRare vintage Gaetano Sciolari style chandelier, adapted as a table lamp, but can also be used as a ceiling lamp, with 6 lights. Material: brass and steel with clear glass terminals. ...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass, Steel
- Floor lamp 1970Located in Bastia Umbra, ITBeautiful floor lamp, modern antique 1970. Chromed iron frame, thermoformed methacrylate parabola. Single-bulb lighting. Intact in every part, the chrome plating shows some defects ...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsIron
- Forged iron floor lamp, early 1900sLocated in Bastia Umbra, ITForged iron floor lamp, early 1900s. Beautiful wrought iron floor lamp with four supporting legs, fixed with steel rivets. The base that holds the lamp holder is made of turned wood...Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsWrought Iron
- Forged iron floor lamp, second half of the 19th centuryLocated in Bastia Umbra, ITForged iron floor lamp, second half of the 19th century. Beautiful wrought iron floor lamp with three supporting legs. The base that holds the lamp holder is made of turned wood. In...Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsIron
- 70's modernism lampLocated in Bastia Umbra, ITBeautiful floor lamp, 1970s modernism. Chromed iron frame, thermoformed methacrylate parabola. Single-bulb lighting. Intact in every part, the chrome plating shows some defects due ...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsIron
- Space Age vintage chandelier, 1970sLocated in Bastia Umbra, ITVintage space age 1970s chandelier made of steel and plastic. Structure detail composed of chrome-plated steel sheets and lamp housing and black plastic tubes. The chandelier is to ...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsSteel
- Vintage floor lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970sBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in HEVERLEE, BESculptural floor lamp made of bent aluminum strips assembled in a very nice manner. Designed by Gaetano Sciolari but very much in the style of Max Sauze's creations. The light emit...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
MaterialsAluminum
- Gaetano Sciolari "Orgue" Floor Lamp, 1970sBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in Paris, FranceGaetano Sciolari (1927–1994) Orgue floor lamp, circa 1970. Brushed aluminum, with nine light tubes Measures: 47 1/4 in. (120 cm.) high.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsAluminum
- Rare Gaetano Sciolari Floor Lamp, 1970sBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in L'Escala, ESRare Gaetano Sciolari floor lamp manufactured in Italy in 1970s. Brass and Murano glass in very good vintage condition.Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Vintage Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1970sBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in Roma, ITFloor Lamp is an original design lamp realized by Gaetano Sciolari for Stikronen, 1970s. Steel base with brass details, four Murano Grasses Bulbs. Rare lamp in Mirrored steel in fine condition. Glass dimensions: 22 x 8 cm Base dimensions: 25 x 25 cm Angelo Gaetano Sciolari...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsSteel
- Vintage Steel Floor Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, 1970sBy Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano SciolariLocated in taranto, ITA floor lamp, 1970s, original production Sciolari, made of curved steel sheets on four sides the lamp was found in a closed store, is still equipped with its original tag, retains...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsSteel
- Floor Lamp Three Lights Design Gaetano Sciolari, 1970sBy Gaetano SciolariLocated in taranto, ITOriginal floor lamp from the 70s, production attributed to gaetano sciolari , entirely made in anodized aluminum color bronze with three diffusers in worked polycarbonate It measu...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps
MaterialsAluminum