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Six globes opalins autour d'un losange noir, suspension italienne des années 1960

Un carré de métal noir, posé sur la pointe, porte six globes de verre opalin. Quatre se détachent aux angles latéraux, logés dans des coupelles de laiton ; deux autres se glissent au cœur du losange. Une longue tige de laiton descend d'un pavillon en cloche, et deux moyeux de laiton cloutés, en haut et en bas, tiennent la structure, le second prolongé d'une fine pointe. Le laiton, d'un or un peu voilé, répond au noir mat du cadre et au blanc laiteux du verre. L'ensemble a la netteté d'une figure géométrique.

Pour situer cette suspension, on se tourne vers les fabricants italiens de l'époque. Gino Sarfatti, qui fonde Arteluce en 1939, dessine plus de quatre cents luminaires ; son lustre 2097, en laiton, est souvent cité comme l'exemple d'un modernisme réduit à l'essentiel. Stilnovo et Arredoluce figurent parmi les autres fabricants italiens de la période. La fiche ne cite aucun de ces noms, ne nomme ni créateur ni fabricant et ne mentionne que le laiton. Ces repères situent un moment de l'histoire du luminaire, non l'origine de cette suspension.

Époque
Années 1960
Matière
Laiton ; globes de verre et cadre de métal noir visibles sur l'image
Origine
Italie
Style
Design années 50-60
Dimensions
Diamètre 40 × h. 100 cm
État
En l'état
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A square of black metal, set on its point, holds six globes of white opal glass. Four stand out at the side corners, seated in brass cups; two more slip into the heart of the lozenge. A long brass rod descends from a bell-shaped canopy, and two studded brass hubs, top and bottom, hold the structure together, the lower one drawn out into a slender finial. The brass, a slightly veiled gold, answers the matt black of the frame and the milky white of the glass. The whole has the clarity of a geometric figure.

To place this light, one looks to the Italian makers of the period. Gino Sarfatti, who founded Arteluce in 1939, designed more than four hundred lights; his brass 2097 chandelier is often cited as modernism reduced to essentials. Stilnovo and Arredoluce were among the other Italian lighting makers of the time. The listing cites none of these names, names neither designer nor maker and mentions only brass. These references mark a moment in the history of lighting, not the origin of this pendant.

Sources
  • Gino Sarfatti fonde Arteluce en 1939 et dessine plus de 400 luminaires ; son lustre 2097 en laiton est un exemple de design moderniste réduit à l'essentiel. https://www.incollect.com/artists/gino-sarfatti-chandeliers-lamps
  • Stilnovo et Arredoluce figurent parmi les autres fabricants italiens de luminaires de l'époque. https://www.pamono.com/designers/gino-sarfatti

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