1049 - Lumina "Daphine", table lamp by Tommaso Cimini, metal and plastic, black, Italy

Lumina "Daphine", table lamp by Tommaso Cimini, metal and plastic, black, Italy Metal and plastic, table lamp, model "Daphine" by Lumina, design Tommaso Cimini, marked on the underside "LUMINA ITALIA® MI", "Arluno", "Modello DAPHINE", "Design T.CIMINI" and "Made in ITALY", marked on the joint "LUMINA" and "Daphine", marked under the shade, all components black, round base, on it the box-shaped transformer housing with rocker switch, on its side a plate with ball joint holding the two-section arm, at the end a cylindrical lamp head, height-adjustable, function tested, good condition commensurate with age, H. 88 cm (max.) Tommaso Cimini (1947–1997) designed the "Daphine" in 1975, five years before he founded the firm Lumina in Sedriano near Milan in 1980. Its transformer sits visibly on the base and was originally electromechanical; the current version works with LED. The lamp is ranked alongside Richard Sapper's "Tizio" and Achille Castiglioni's "Arco" and is represented in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Triennale Milano and the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Lumina still manufactures in Arluno near Milan, a few kilometres from its founding location, and is run by Ettore Cimini in the second generation.