Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Italian, 1927-1994
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.
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Creator: Gaetano Sciolari
Seldom Seen Modernist Silver and Crystal Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Sciolari Lighting
Located in Buffalo, NY
very rare silver plate and lead crystal Sciolari chandelier, Purchased in 1970 from original owner. Modern and elegant this chandelier has unique triangular pencil drops topped with ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate, Lead
‘Dandelion’ Chrome Sputnik Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, 1960s - 2 Available
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Chicago, IL
Sold and priced individually.
The ‘Dandelion’ sputnik chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari is a tribute to 1960s design innovation. Inspired by the delicate form of a dandelion in bloom, ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Brass Classic Sciolari Chandelier, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Stunning mid century Gaetano Sciolari chandelier.
This light fixture has a more classical design with twelve candlestick lightpoints and crystal prisms.
The chandelier will loo...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Design 5-Arm Gaetano Sciolari Ceiling Lamp Chandelier Chrome
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Midcentury design ceiling lamp or chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari from the 1970s.
The lamp has 5-light points and gives beautiful lightning by the reflections on the chrome.
Measu...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Gorgeous Gaetano Sciolari 1970s Chrome and Lucite Chandelier Midcentury
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous 1970s Italian chandelier composed of polished chrome and Lucite-designed by Gaetano Sciolari.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Space Age Geometric Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, 13 Lights, Aluminium
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Milano, IT
Gaetano Sciolari is widely regarded as one of the most innovative, prolific and eclectic lighting designers of the Space Age period. Born and lived in Italy, he created several celeb...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$1,894 Sale Price
20% Off
Space Age Chandelier shaded as Atom by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a rare, minimalist chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari. It features shape of an atom and 8 lightbulb spots, using bulbs model E14, available worldwi...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass
Marked Gaetano Sciolari Two Lights Wall Sconces 2 Tone Brass Italy 1970s, Pair
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Mid-Century Modern two light Gaetano Sciolari wall sconces made out of two Patina Bronze and come with Black and Gold Paper Shades.
Each sconce takes 2 light bulbs with max....
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
Gaetano Sciolari Six-Light Chandelier Gold-Plated Brass and Vertical Faceted
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Six-light chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari. Gold-plated brass and vertical faceted crystals. The sculptural forms and striking geometric details of his chandeliers and other fixtures f...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Original Italian Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari 1960s in Brass and Glass Tubes
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beautiful chandelier from the 1960s by the Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari. Structure in solid brass and diffusers in transparent and opaque glass tubes. Very original design, re-e...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gaetano Sciolari Brass and Black Chandelier, Italy, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very beautiful set of two Gaetano Sciolari chandeliers in brass and black with 6-light bulbs each. Hanging on a massive brass bar. Nice geometric structure and with a perfect style a...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass
Table lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari, Sciolari Lighting
Located in bruxelles, BE
Metal lamp with metal shade and hand-sewn fabric. Stamped Sciolari on the top of the lamp and on the socket. Wear due to time and age of the lamp.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal
1970s Italian Large Chrome “Sputnik” Floor Lamp by Gaetano Scolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
Large “Sputnik” chrome floor designed by Gaetano Sciolari and produced by Sciolari Illuminazione Arlum Srl in the 1970s. It features 11 lights spread evenly within the sphere; the 11...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Gaetano Sciolari Italian Modern Wood and Brass Eight-Light Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Modern eight-light chandelier in wood and brass. (GAETANO SCIOLARI)(Similar piece in brass: REG5293)
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brass xl Gaetano Sciolari floorlamp
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Nijlen, VAN
Brass xl Gaetano Sciolari floorlamp
70's brass floor lamp created by Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari. He is well known in the lighting business and well res...
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1970s Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sciolari Chrome and Glass Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in London, GB
A Sciolari chrome chandelier with 20 glass and chrome drops, surrounding a four-light chrome fitting in the centre. Suspended on chains from a chrome ceiling plate. Re-wired for UK f...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Pair of vintage solid brass wall lamps by Sciolari Rome, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Catania, IT
A pair of high quality solid brass italian wall sconces, they work 110-240 volts and need regular e14 bulbs. The brass original patina gives them a vibrant vintage look.
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1960s Italian Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass
$809 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Chrome Sputnik Wall Light by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Sputnik chrome wall lamp by Gaetano Sciolari.
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1960s Italian Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chandelier by Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of steel and Murano glass chandeliers designed by Gaetano Sciolari (1927-1994).
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Steel
$3,093 Sale Price / set
71% Off
Elegant Midcentury Chrome and Brass Geometric Sciolari Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Beirut, LB
This exceptional Zig Zag Modernist chandelier by the renowned Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari is a striking example of 1960s lighting design. The piece features a dynamic, geometri...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gaetano Sciolari Chandeliers
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Gaetano Sciolari chandeliers in silver plate and crystal.
Very elegant sold as a pair, also sell like single.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
$3,400 / item
Mid-Century Modern Italian Gaetano Sciolari Chrome and Crystal Glass Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian Gaetano Sciolari chrome and crystal glass cascade pendant with 9-light from 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated Crystal Chandelier, Gaetano Sciolari Italy 1960
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Twelve round chandelier with crystal pendants and fixed crystal rods on two levels. In excellent condition, wiring has been checked and ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
$3,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Whimsical Sciolari Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Whimsical Sciolari chandelier.
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1960s Italian Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pendant Light by Gaetano Sciolari, Italy, 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Roma, IT
Pendant light is an original design lamp realized in the 1970s by Gaetano Sciolari.
A minimal and elegant lamp with a tubolar metal structure.
Mint conditions.
An icon to be...
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1970s Italian Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Sciolari Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
matching smaller ceiling light available + 5 sconces
Category
20th Century Italian Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gaetano Sciolari Floorlamp Chrome Plated and Brushed Aluminium with Murano Glass
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Elegant Mid-century floor lamp designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari, 1960-70s. This is an extremely rare object, for true connoisseurs and not to be missed. It is the largest ve...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Pendant Light by Gaetano Sciolari, 1970
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in JASSANS-RIOTTIER, FR
Pendant light designed by Italian Gaetano Sciolari in the seventies (stamp on the lamp, see picture)
Structure with brushed chrome and shiny chrome elements terminated by translucen...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal
Sciolari Chandelier of Brass, Chrome and Glass
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sciolari chandelier of brass, chrome and glass. Original label.
Located in NY.
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1960s Italian Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Chrome Steel Hanging Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Boulanger, 1960s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Chrome steel hanging lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Boulanger, 1960s.
Measures: h 62 x diameter 40 cm.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Gaetano sciolari for Stilnovo, Italy 1950s
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp by Gaetano sciolari for Stilnovo, Italy 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Large Mid-Century Modern Pendant by Gaetano Sciolari, Plated Metal, Glass- Italy
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Girona, Girona
Large pendant with three tiers of chrome-plated metal tubes with glass balls, 8-light. Original condition.
Design: Gaetano Sciolari
Italy, circa 1960.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chrome Sciolari Sconces
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian sconces.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
$1,650 / set
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated Crystal Chandelier, Gaetano Sciolari Italy 1960
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Twelve round chandelier with crystal pendants and fixed crystal rods on two levels. In excellent condition, wiring has been checked and ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gaetano Sciolari Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Gaetano Sciolari furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Gaetano Sciolari furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gaetano Sciolari furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Gaetano Sciolari were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Carlo Nason, Mazzega Murano, and Barovier&Toso. Prices for Gaetano Sciolari furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $122 and can go as high as $22,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,588.