Luciano Frigerio, table lamp

LUCIANO FRIGERIO (Desio, Italy, 1928- Sanremo, Italy, 1999).
Table lamp, 1970s.
Textured bronze.
Works. This product is an original vintage item, so it shows signs of wear and tear.
Measurements: 35 x 13 x 13 cm without shade; 65 x 40 with shade.

Luciano Frigerio lamp with richly textured bronze base and clear Brutalist inspiration. Its vertical and sculptural presence, together with the material finish, place it between design and work of art, embodying the sophisticated and emphatic language of Italian design of the seventies.

Frigerio was an Italian artist and designer. As early as 1889, Frigerio's father opened his own workshop manufacturing high-quality cabinets and bookcases. Seeing the opportunities opening up for designers and architects in post-war Italy, the young Luciano Friggerio decided to continue his father's work and set out to turn the family workshop into a full-scale business. Friggerio began visiting the workshops of renowned architects, such as Franco Albini and Carlo De Carli, and applied what he learned to his own work. Before long, Frigerio's firm grew into a major design studio with national and international projection.
Luciano Frigerio made design history with his Mobili Scultura concept. Frigerio's signature furniture-sculpture was the skillful combination of decorative elements in wood and metal, which went far beyond the standard production of industrial design objects of the time. Throughout his career, Frigerio collaborated with renowned Italian architects such as Franco Albini, Sergio Asti and, later, Paolo Portoghesi. By the 1970s, Frigerio had opened more than ten stores for his sculptural pieces throughout Italy, the largest of which was on Milan's famous via Montenapoleone. Today, many pieces of furniture designed by Luciano Frigerio are exhibited in major art galleries in Europe and the United States.