CHIESA PIETRO
PIETRO CHIESA FONTANA ARTE design 1937.
A 'Luminator' floor lamp exemplary from the early 1940s.
Matt nickel-plated brass.
Inside foot concrete ballast (wartime production).
Height 187 cm.
A 'Luminator' floor lamp
Opaque nickel-plated brass.
The weight in the base is made of cement and not of iron wich suggests that it was produced during WWII.
Height 73.6 inches.
Literature: Domus 115 (July 1937) p. XXVI; Domus 116 (August 1937) p. 7; Domus 117 (September 1937) p. 29; Domus 128 (August 1938) p. 3; Domus 234 (volume three 1949) p. 33 Laura Falconi Fontana Arte Una storia trasparente Skira Milano 1998 pp. 57 203; Fontana Arte Repertorio 1933-1943 The Arting Company Genova 2012 p. 169; Franco Deboni Fontana Arte Gio Ponti Pietro Chiesa Max Ingrand Allemandi Torino 2012 tavv. 95 96.
