A Modernist Glass and Chrome Table Lamp, Mid to late 20th Century

A Modernist Glass and Chrome Table Lamp, Mid to late 20th Century The lamp of architectural form, the square column stem composed of four solid glass pilasters with polished chrome detailing, raised upon a stepped square glass plinth of aquamarine tint with bevelled edges, surmounted by a square white parchment shade; the glass throughout of exceptional clarity with characteristic blue-green cast indicative of high-quality float or plate glass production. The overall composition reflecting the influence of the Italian Rationalist aesthetic, recalling the work produced by the Fontana Arte atelier under the direction of Pietro Chiesa, whose celebrated use of thick plate glass as a structural and decorative element defined the idiom of refined modernist lighting in the postwar period. The combination of mirrored and clear glass elements with architectural column supports is consistent with production from the Lombard glass workshops of the 1950s and 1960s.