DETROBUS TABLE LAMP IN STEEL BY STILNOVO, ITALY, 1970s

THIS STRIKINGLY RARE DETROBUS TABLE LAMP WAS PRODUCED BY STILNOVO IN ITALY DURING THE 1970S. ITS EXPRESSIVE, ALMOST SAIL-LIKE SILHOUETTE BEAUTIFULLY REFLECTS THE EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTER OF ITALIAN LIGHTING DESIGN FROM THIS PERIOD, BLURRING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN A FUNCTIONAL LIGHT SOURCE AND A SCULPTURAL OBJECT.

THE DESIGN FEATURES A TALL CURVED STEEL STRUCTURE RISING FROM A SOLID ANTHRACITE-BLACK CIRCULAR BASE. THE POLISHED METAL SLEEVE CURLS AROUND THE LIGHT SOURCE, PARTIALLY CONCEALING IT WHILE ALLOWING A WARM, INDIRECT GLOW TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE OPEN SIDE. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DARK BASE, REFLECTIVE STEEL AND ILLUMINATED INTERIOR CREATES A DRAMATIC AND HIGHLY ARCHITECTURAL APPEARANCE.

THE LAMP REMAINS IN GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION. THE INTERIOR, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY WHITE, WAS REPAINTED ALSO IN WHITE AT SOME POINT IN ITS HISTORY. THIS CAN BE SEEN UPON CLOSER INSPECTION BUT IS NOT NOTICEABLE WHEN THE LAMP IS LIT. THE EXTERIOR METAL SLEEVE AND BLACK BASE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, SHOWING ONLY MINOR AGE-RELATED TRACES OF USE. A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF ITALIAN 1970S LIGHTING DESIGN.

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