Adrasteia Furniture

'Shogun' Table Lamp by Mario Botta for Artemide. Originally designed in 1986, the authorized re-edition of this table lamp is still made in Italy today using only the finest quality materials and scrupulous attention to detail by Artemide. 'Shogun' is part of the Artemide masterpieces collection and is featured in the collections of museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The lamp remains an icon, and a stunning work of contemporary design. Its adjustable shade marries functionality with design eloquently. Mario Botta was born in 1943 in Mendrisio, Switzerland. In his work he took inspiration from such masters as Le Corbusier, Louis I...

Rare 1950s Italian desgin serving bar cart. Made of beech wood equipped with two glass shelves and brass wheels for convenient movement. Perfect for serving drinks to your guests. Vi...

Original vintage ceiling mounted fixture perfect for entrance hall made by Gill Glass & Fixture Co of Philadelphia. Etched glass cylinder between...

Wonderful ceiling light with hand-decorated glass shade and brass metal base. Designed and made in Norway from ca 1950s first half. The lamp is fully working and in good vintage cond...

The LUchiere sconce is a wonderful and sleek bronze torchier sconce in a rich aged patinated brass finish and handblown glass shades. Based on an Italian design. Single medium based ...

Sculptural and minimal table or floor lamp Daruma in opaline white blown glass by Fontana Arte 1960s Italy. It is the largest size of six of this model, composed of two elements. Ins...

Sconce in crystal and brass. With ten glass flowers, six of them illuminated and each fitted with two SV8.5-8 festoon lamps. Designed by Oswald Haerdtl for J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna, ...

A beautiful trolley table or tea cart made of a black painted metal frame with wicker shelves manufactured in midcentury in Austria, circa 1950. The wicker is in excellent condition. Wear of use on the metal particularly on the handles. The trolley is in the style of the wicker carts...

Fantastic midcentury wood bar cart with glass serving trays. Cesare Lacca probably designed this amazing piece in Italy during the 1950s. This ...

Wonderful Italian wood trolley with glass and brass finishes. It has a removable serving tray with brass and chrome finishes. This 1950s production is attributed to Cesare Lacca, has wonderful rounded lines and materials plus amazing brass finishes This serving table will add a fresh accent wherever you place it and it will work in a natural, bohemian, midcentury or contemporary ambience. Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect-designer Cesare Lacca created modernist furniture and metalwork throughout the 1950s. Though details of his personal life and professional training remain lost to history, there are sufficient surviving primary sources that document his many elegant designs in brasswork for which he is the best know and which fetch high prices from collectors. Like many Italian designers in the 20th century, Lacca moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. Before he was even 21 years old, his work was selected by a group of American curators for inclusion in the landmark exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today that toured 12 US museums between 1950 and 1953—the first major exhibition of Italian design outside of Italy. The exhibition showcased the best and brightest of Italian designers who had embraced modernist principles and rejuvenated traditional Italian crafts, like Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, and Gio Ponti In the exhibition catalogue, curator Meyric R. Roger’s spotlights Lacca's expert achievements in brass, noting “the variety and quality of his creations,” which “place him high among the architect-designers leading the current [Modernist] movement." Rogers adds, "The quality of his work...provide[s] all the decorative effectiveness needed without strain or exaggeration”. Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks and coffee tables. Lacca’s most iconic tea cart was manufactured by Italian brand Cassina and features sculpted beech, cedar, teak, or walnut with brass details, a glass tabletop, and a removable glass tray. Lacca also designed high-backed lounge chairs, which were regularly featured in Arredoluce advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...

Lotus table lamp designed by Carlo Nason and made by Mazzega. This great example of this mid century Italian classic piece is made of a round metal base, on which are recessed four ...

Vintage Italian wall light with hand blown clear and frosted white textured Murano glass shades mounted on white metal frame, designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, made in Italy circa...