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Sciolari Gold Brass Led Crystal Mid-Century Chandelier 12 Lights Stilkronen, 70s

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Twelve lights chandelier from Gaetano Sciolari, production made for Stilkronen, Italy, 1970s. Eight lights down and four lights up. Brass gold-plated. Transparent elements in Led Crystal. Bulbs are sorrounded by 24 led crystal vertical elements to diffuse the light with the refraction principle. This is an interesting version of the Sciolari's production. Usually he is known for bare un-shaded lights and great, sculptural, metalwork. Most of the time it's missing a play with light. Here Gaetano has used classic crystal chandelier in a contemporary revised and updated design. A step in the past: chandeliers were made to have many upward lights (in origin candles) to provide greater light output for larger rooms. The addition of elements of glass or crystal all around was not made to shade the light, but to refract it, creating the impression of multiplying the light candles or bulbs used. This lighting play was used with all the leaves and frills of Murano chandeliers and French crystal chandeliers. Use of refraction has the lowest loss of lumens. While shading usually looses from 30 to 60% of the light output. In this chandelier the metal part got stylized with vertical cylinders to hold the bulbs up and down and horizontal arms to hold the refracting elements. He got to same conclusion of using divergent lens for better play with light, so the element, that looks like a Henry Moore sculpture, is designed to get concave parts to spread the light. Same thing happens with the triedri in glass. Result is a great play with light with the fencing elements that are getting it's own light. Use of Led Crystal makes a bit of prism effect. Probably the maker for Led crystal at 4% was Alfredo Rossi. Chandelier is in good condition, metal shows signs of the use and some point/speckling which is typical of old gold plated fixtures. I tested with a magnet and all the round cylinders are in brass while the stem and the curved arms are in iron. Some of the elements at the moment of shooting the pictures are not straight. They might have to be straightened in situ. Double circuit. Can be lit up only or down only or both. Listed overall height, height of body is 40 cm 16 in. Net weight 10 kilos 22 pounds. Complimentary re-wiring to meet the country standards upon request. The chandelier stem can be shortened up to a drop of 50 cm 40" minimal.

Creator:

Gaetano Sciolari (Author),Stilkronen (Retailer)

Dimensions:

Height: 33.47 in (85 cm)Diameter: 24.41 in (62 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass,Gold Plate,Lucite,Plated

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1970-1979

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1975

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Wired for European socket. Can be rewired for US with E12 socket. In case of rewiring, giving the time for making this. It would not be a cost but a time need. Height of body is 31 cm 12 inches.

Seller Location:

Tavarnelle val di Pesa, IT

Reference Number:

Seller: 71271stDibs: LU2568324968332

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Gaetano Sciolari

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.

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