'PIPISTRELLO', A LACQUERED ALUMINUM, STAINLESS STEEL AND PERSPEX TABLE LAMP

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'PIPISTRELLO', A LACQUERED ALUMINUM, STAINLESS STEEL AND PERSPEX TABLE LAMP
DESIGNED BY GAE AULENTI, MANUFACTURED BY MARINELLLI LUCE, CIRCA 1965

The tapered cylindrical base of black lacquered aluminum, with telescoping standard and lobed white perspex shade--27¾in. (70.5cm.) high, 21¼in. (54cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

cf. R. Craig Miller, Modern Design 1890-1990 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1990, pp. 260-261