Mid-Century Modern Hourglass Ceramic Brass Table Lamp

Condition: Newly Rewired, New Linen Shade Dimensions: 30”H x 9”W x 9”D Shade: 10"H x 15"W x 15"D Materials: Murano Glass, Wood, Brass, New Linen Shade

Condition: Newly Rewired, New Shades Dimensions: 30.25”H x 8.75”W x 8.75”D Shade: 10"H x 13"W x 13"D

Classic midcentury table lamp, designed by Gerald Thurston. The lamp has a ceramic and brass body of wasted or hourglass, form elements, it is in very fine original, and working cond...

Stylish and elegant copper and brass table lamp made in Italy in the late 1960s early 1970s. The base of the lamp with in the center the sphere with it's irregular copper and brass surface, is in very good condition. We had a new custom shade made which measures D. 14.960 x H. 14.960 inches. The diameter of the base is 3.937 inches. This beauty will be shipped insured in a custom made wooden crate. Cost of transport to the US is crate included. Italy has produced some of the greatest furniture designers in the world, such as Achille Castiglioni, Gio Ponti, and Ettore Sottsass. Italian interior design in the 1900s was particularly well-known and grew to the heights of class and sophistication. At first, in the early 1900s, Italian furniture designers struggled to create an equal balance between classical elegance and modern creativity, and initially Italian interior design in the 1910s and 1920s was very similar to that of French Art Deco styles, using exotic materials and creating sumptuous furniture. However, Italian Art Deco reached its pinnacle under Gio Ponti, who made his designs sophisticated, elegant, stylish and refined, but also modern, exotic and creative. In 1926, a new style of furnishing emerged in Italy, known as "Razionalismo", or "Rationalism". The most successful and famous of the Rationalists were the Gruppo 7...