Groovy 60's Manifattura Italiana Ceramica Artistica Lamp

Description: MICA lamp nearly 25" tall from bottom to top of bulb holder, fantastic mid century lamp ready for a little rat pack music or a throw back to your sock hop. Signed on base of the lamp which is mounted on I think is a marble base which is also signed Italy. I can find no chips or cracks, I removed bottom base to find mark otherwise it appears to be all original. The marble base does have some edge chips but does not really detract from lamp. No harp or finial included. You can look for a long time to find another so don't pass up this chance. The lamp is very heavy 12.5 lbs. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE "The Manifattura Italiana Porcellane Artistiche Fabris was created by sculptor Luigi Fabris from Bassano del Grappa who, after acquiring Raffaele Passarin's pottery factory in Bassano, made the ceramic facade of Grand Hotel Ausonia & Hungaria at Lido di Venezia, which was finished in 1916. After moving to Milan due to the First World War which had struck Bassano, Fabris, apart from making bronze statues, tried new methods to produce porcelain at 1300 degrees in the Magneti Marelli laboratories, which made ceramics for spark plugs. Once he obtained the desired results Fabris produced a large range of models just in a few years; some of these were large in size, which was unusual and risky for porcelain. The Manifattura, with offices in corso Indipendenza 7 in Milan, took part to the first Fiera Campionaria of Milan in 1923. In 1942 the laboratory was hit by allied bombing on Milan and destroyed by fire. Fabris moved back to Bassano del Grappa, where he had a new porcelain factory built in 1943 and worked until his death in 1952. His son Augusto carried on his father's activity until 1979, when he sold it to the Elite company, which also bought the right to reproduce the historical pieces."

Price: 240 USD

Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

End Time: 2024-11-18T11:35:49.000Z

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