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Pietro Chiesa
Hanging Lamp for Fontana Arte, published
Height 55 cm Diameter 70 cm
Large hanging lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa in the 1930s and produced by the prestigious Fontana Arte manufacture. The 5-light lamp is composed of a brass structure and a diffuser made of two glasses. The two glasses, one curved and the other flat, are worked in acid and, therefore, are frosted.
The chandelier is published in the book Fontana Arte: Una Storia Trasparente.
Bibliography:
Flaconi L., Fontana Arte - Una storia trasparente, Rizzoli - Skira, Milan, 1998