TOMMASO BARBI (Italy, 1944). Wall lamp, ca. 1970. Gilded brass Measurements: 68 x 45 cm. Outstanding decorator and interior designer, Tommaso Barbi has achieved great recognition in the art world, due to the elegance and essentiality of his pieces. Through designs in which he combines different motifs of the plant world. In this wall lamp in the shape of a ginkgo biloba leaf, the author plays with the sinuosity of the plant element resulting in a beautiful play of light when the bulb is illuminated and its beam shines through the golden surface of the brass. In addition, the ginkgo, considered a living fossil, has a multitude of pharmacological properties, which is why it has been used for centuries, especially in China, for its therapeutic actions.

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