Description

What I like

I like the very sculptural side of this lamp base, very heavy, displaying its respectable and fair weight. I also like the high quality of Italian manufacture, with this plexiglass with a fair smoked tone, brightened up by these six chrome strips. This lamp is typical of the creations of the designer Felice Antonio Botta, installed in Venice. It can be compared to a smoked Plexiglas lamp animated by 3 wooden bands, displaying the same silhouette. I like the large size of this lamp, which can light up an entire part of a room. I like its ability to blend in with most interiors, as its design is simple but fair and its quality allows it to accommodate any neighborhood.

Technical description

Atelier Felice Antonio Botta

Important cylindrical lamp base in smoked Plexiglas adorned with six strips of chromed metal, surmounted by a narrower cylinder carrying the bulb cover.

Has two labels: “feliceantonio botta designer firenze made in italy 220 volt/150 w IP20 class 1” and “feliceantonio botta designer firenze/italy”.

Around 1980.

Cylindrical lampshade in white cotton redone identically.

Dimensions and weight

Height: 42 cm – Diameter: 15.5 cm

With lampshade: Height: 69 cm – Diameter: 44.5 cm

Weight: 10kg

Mix & Match

This lamp base, very impressive with its simple volumes, will visually take its place and give a strong 1980s character to the interiors where it will develop its duotone. Ideally suited to contemporary furniture because it has not aged a bit, it will be happily associated with chrome pieces, from the international furniture of the 1930s by Mies van der Rohe, Perriand, Le Corbusier; but also with massive pieces: obviously, on a large table by Charlotte Perriand, it will be perfect. But it will have its place with the Orsay ensemble by Gae Aulenti, from the same period of creation.

However, it will be fun to have it light up a mahogany desk with sober lines from the Empire period, but also on the large walnut and chrome desk from the Banque de France, which is from the 1965s. Its quality allows it to stand out. integrate everywhere or almost!

Feliceantonio Botta opened a design studio in Florence around 1980 and produced a luxurious range of lamps and other precious objects there. His creations, few in number on the market, are appreciated for their manufacturing quality and their singularly refined design.