“Idra” lamp designed by R. Toso for Leucos, circa 1982
Description
What I like
I love this soothing, poetic lamp, which enchants the eye. This lamp, lit, develops a soothing dreamlike landscape, reminiscent of the seabed or the sky. Blue murines cause appeasement. The soft double curve of both faces floats above the white plinth. The whole of this lamp brings, in addition to efficient lighting, serenity and a note of dream in your interior. I like this gentle and inventive spirit, as well as the quality of manufacture, always associated with the achievements of the Leucos company, since its origins. Well anchored in the 1980s, this lamp is no less timeless and fits perfectly into any interior.
Technical description
“Idra” lamp in white Murano glass decorated with blue murines. The lamp has the shape of a shuttle in plan, and rests on a small base in white lacquered metal. It has its original labels.
Around 1980
Dimensions and weight
Height: 40 cm- Width: 41 cm- Depth: 18 cm
Weight:5 kg
Mix & Match
Discreet by the softness of its colors and its material, the glass, translucent, bringing a soft but also real light, the Idra lamp by Renato Toso can be used in a living room, on a coffee table for example from the 1970s with a glass top. smoked from the set of five tables in the style of Willy Rizzo. But it also has a strong presence, through its successful design, which makes it a kind of work of art: it could also sit enthroned on the table Cylinders in chromed chrome metal also coming from Italy, and a little earlier (years 1970).
Obviously, it will ideally light the “Orsay” table designed by Gae Aulenti in the same design years as the Idra lamp: the whiteness of the Orsay ensemble will be a setting for these dreams assembled in this glass object.
On the ceiling, the Cubico chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari will feature the same Murano glass, with the same introduction of the color blue.
Finally, on the walls, always to remain in the range of blues, I would gladly hang the work “Vers la joie” by Paul Shusaku Foujino or, for its equally dreamlike character, the diptych: “Invocation” and “L’eau et Dreams by Charles Piquois.
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The designer
Renato Toso is a renowned Italian designer, especially for his lamps using Murano glass, for companies like Leucos or Vistosi. Born in Murano in 1940, he studied architecture in Venice and in 1960 began working for F.lli Toso, designing decorative glassware and lighting accessories. Since 1968, he has been dealing with industrial glass projects while working as a designer for Leucos and Barovier & Toso.
The editor
Founded in Venice in 1962 and now based in Salzano, a small town 22km from Venice, Leucos is one of the most prestigious Italian lighting manufacturers. Leucos skilfully combines a set of traditional know-how (notably the work of crystal and blown glass), which guarantee exemplary quality, with a continuous effort to create contemporary models with truly innovative designs. In addition to the creations emanating from its own offices, Leucos regularly addresses renowned designers, such as Patrick Jouin (creator, in particular, of the now legendary Ether series), Valerio Cometti, Studio Dreimann, Marina Toscano, Toso & Massari, Danilo de Rossi, Filippo Caprioglio etc. There are countless hotels and luxury stores decorated with Leucos lights on five continents. The range includes a large number of decorative lights, pendant lights, wall lights, table lamps, desk lamps, but also a large range of architectural lights.
A beautiful and authentic lamp at a fair price
This lamp has been carefully selected for its aesthetic qualities, its originality and its studied price. Our choice favors above all the acuity of the design, guarantee of a valorization of your new acquisition in your interior and of an ability to dialogue with your furniture, to agree and to mix to create a unique decoration.
Buying a vintage design lamp is a lasting investment: still focused on the 1960s and 1970s, the taste is now for the 1980s.
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