'Suora' floor lamp
Designer
Carlo Mollino
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Galeria Rossela Colombari
Origin
Italy
Year
1947, executed circa 1994
Design Museum Section
Italian Design Icons
Designed by Architects
Design-Art: Limited Editions | One-Offs
Categories
Floor lights
Designheroes ID
66460
Auction House
Sotheby's
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
20th Century Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
'Suora' floor lamp
Marble, steel, brass, parchment
designed 1947, executed circa 1994
produced by Edizione Galleria Colombari
175 H x 114 W x 109 D cm. (68 7/8 x 44 7/8 x 43 in.)
Catalog note
The 'Suora' lamp was designed in 1947 for the Centre for the Distribution of Artisanal Materials (CADMA) as a unique piece, the original now lost. The offered lot was produced in a limited edition by Edizione Galleria Colombari, circa 1994.
Literature
Giovanni Brino, Carlo Mollino: Architecture as Autobiography, London, 1987, pp. 113-114, for the original lamp
Rosella Colombari, Carlo Mollino: Catalogo Dei Mobili, Milan, 2005, p. 51, no. 76, for the original lamp
Fulvio Ferrari and Napoleone Ferrari, The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, London, 2006, pp. 83, 223, no. 62, for the original lamp
Rosella Colombari, Carlo Mollino: Catalogo Dei Mobili, Milan, 2005, p. 51, no. 76, for the original lamp
Fulvio Ferrari and Napoleone Ferrari, The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, London, 2006, pp. 83, 223, no. 62, for the original lamp
Object
'Suora' floor lamp
Designer
Carlo Mollino
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Galeria Rossela Colombari
Origin
Italy
Year
1947, executed circa 1994
Design Museum Section
Italian Design Icons
Designed by Architects
Design-Art: Limited Editions | One-Offs
Categories
Floor lights
Designheroes ID
66460
Auction House
Sotheby's
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
20th Century Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
