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Table Lamp 526/G

Creator: Arteluce -Massimo Vignelli
Offered by: Moioli Gallery

Description
Highly collectible , Large table or floor lamp Model 526/G.
The lamp is in very good vintage conditions , no damages in the perspex .

This monumental lamp has a chrome plated metal base and a white plexi shade. The lamp uses 3 light bulbs for beautiful spherical light. . Massimo Vignelli was a good friend of Gino Sarfatti , Sarfatti was the director and owner of Arteluce and lead Arteluce to the top of light manufacturing and designing. Massimo Vignelli was born in Milan in 1931. While still a student, he designed lighting for renowned Murano glass maker Venini. Having married Lella Vignelli in 1957, the pair established the Lella and Massimo Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture in Milan in 1960, focusing on office accessories, home products, graphics, and furniture. The studio’s clients included Pirelli and Olivetti, among other. In 1965, the Vignellis moved to Chicago.
The Vignellis can be credited with helping to bring contemporary Italian design to the US. Their shared aesthetic celebrates balance, elegance, and simplicity, and embraces the notion that a designer should be able to design anything and everything. Notable projects include, among others, the stackable Knoll Handkerchief Chair (1982–87); colorful, molded melamine Heller Stacking Dishes (1964); and the 1972 New York City subway map. In addition to their design work, both have taught, lectured, written, and served on a variety of juries and boards throughout their careers. Their work has been exhibited internationally in a variety of exhibitions, including, in 1980, a retrospective at New York’s Parsons School of Design. In 1982, the Vignellis were awarded the AIGA Gold Medal. In 2008, the couple donated their complete design archive to the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York; the archive is now housed in a 2010-erected building of their own design, the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.

More Information

Documentation:	Makers Label/Invoice
Notes:	original lable
Origin:	Italy
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Chromed metal and perspex
Condition:	Good. Very good vintage conditions- Wear consistent in use and age
Creation Date:	1965
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Incollect Reference #:	390922