A Modern Stately Home Saturday, 18 May 2024 - 11:00 AM start
Arco Flos Floor Lamp RP $6945
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Lot Details
White Carrara marble base. Satin-finish stainless steel telescopic stem. Pressed, polished and zapon-varnished aluminum swiveling and height-adjustable reflector. "We were thinking about a lamp that shines light onto a table. They already existed, but you had to walk round them. To leave enough space around the table, the base had to be at least two meters away. Which was how the idea for Arco came into being. We wanted to make it with commercially available parts and we found that curved steel angle iron worked perfectly well. Then there was the problem of the counterweight: a heavy weight was needed to support it all. Our first thought was concrete, but then we chose marble because the same weight took up less space, and also because we could obtain a better finish for a lower cost. In Arco nothing is decorative: even the beveled corners on the base have a function, which is not to hurt us; even the hole isn’t a flight of fantasy, but to make it easier to lift the base.” Achille Castiglioni (interview for Ottagono, 1970) Purchased by the Vendor from ECC in 2010's Note: Photo is a stock photo. Image of actual lamp will be uploaded shortly. The marble base has been replaced and is in as new condition and the lamp itself is in good order. 223cm Tall & 200cm Wide (extreme points)
