Lot 138
STILNOVO, ITALY
CEILING LIGHT, DESIGNED c.1950
Auction: 30 October from 10:00 GMT
Description
manufacturer's applied label STILNOVO / MILANO / ITALY, enamelled aluminium, glass and brass
Dimensions
53cm high, 83cm diameter (20 7/8in high, 32 5/8in diameter)
Footnote
Literature:
This model has previously been attributed to Gino Sarfatti, see Romanelli, Marco and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: Opere Scelte 1938-1973, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2012, pp.170-1 and 467, model 2055, where this model is recorded as having been designed for the first-class dining room of the liner Conte Biancamano, which was redesigned by Gustavo Pulitzer Finali and Gio Ponti following the vessel’s military service during the Second World War.