Arteluce Pao T2 Table Lamp + Pao T1 Table Lamp – 1990s Catalogue Picture
Arteluce Pao T2 Table Lamp + Pao T1 Table Lamp -& Appia Table Lamp
Versions – 1990s Catalogue Picture
Arteluce Pao W Wall Lamp – 1990s Catalogue Picture
Lamps in the movies
An Arteluce Pao T2 table lamp was used as a prop in the 2022 German horror film Das Privileg die Auserwählten (The Privilege). Starrring Felix Fuchssteiner, Sebastian Niemann and Katharina Schöde. Many other lamps appear in it.
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Arteluce Pao T2 Table Lamp
Materials: Round frosted glass base. Conical teak wood rod. Metal lampshade holder. Opal oval mushroom lampshade. Porcelain halogen lamp socket.
Height: 55 cm / 21.65”
Width: ∅ 34 cm / 13.38”
Base: ∅ 19 cm / 7.48”
Electricity: 1 bulb G 6.35, 1 x 75 watt maximum, 12 volt – 220 volt. Any type of halogen bulb can be used. Not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1990s, 2000s.
Designer: Matteo Thun in 1991.
Manufacturer: Arteluce, FLOS, Italy.
Other versions: This Arteluce Pao T2 table lamp exists in 2 versions, the other one is Pao T1, a smaller version. Also made as a floor lamp (Pao F) and wall lamp (Pao W). A lamp with the same base, but with a different lampshade is named Appia.
Designed in 1991, according to the Matteo Thun website, in production since 1993, according the Arteluce catalogue.
Matteo Thun
Matteo Thun, born as Mathäus Antonius Maria Graf von Thun and Hohenstein, on 17 June 1952 in Bolzano, Italy is an Italian architect and designer.
Thun studied at the Salzburg Academy in Germany and graduated in 1975 from his architectural studies at the Florence University in Italy. He graduated cum laude with a degree in Architecture.
In 1978 Matteo Thun moved to Milan, were he met Ettore Sottsass. In 1981 Thun co-founded Sottsass Associati and the Memphis Group.
His own studio Matteo Thun & Partners together with Antonio Rodriguez started in 1984 and Thun began to work for Swatch. He became the art director in the period 1990 to 1993. From 1983 until 2000 Matteo Thun was design and ceramics professor at the University of Applied Arts (Fachhochschule) in Vienna, Austria.
He designed lighting for among others: Anthologie Quartett, Arteluce, Artemide, Belux, Bieffeplast, FLOS, iGuzzini, Leucos, Panzeri, Simes, Strolz, Tronconi, Zumtobel and his own company Matteo Thun Atelier.
Arteluce
Gino Sarfatti was born in Venice, Italy, 16th September 1912 and studied aero naval engineering at the University of Genoa. He founded his company Arteluce in February 1939 and sold it to FLOS in late 1973. Sarfatti retired and decided to live in his house in Griante on Lake Como.
Gino Sarfatti designed nearly 700 lamps for his company and was awarded numerous times for his designs, including the ‘Compasso d’Oro‘ in 1954. His first designs were created before he found his firm, between 1937 and 1939. Sarfatti passed away, 6 March 1985 in Gravedona, Como, Italy.
Today FLOS still produces his famous chandelier model 2097 from 1957 with 18, 30 and 50 light bulbs.
Designers that worked for Arteluce are, among others: Franco Albini, Cini Boeri, Franca Helg, Antonio Macchi Cassia, Carlo Mollino, Vittorio Gregotti, Lodovico Meneghetti, Giotto Stoppino, Ico Parisi, Massimo Vignelli and Paolo Rizzatto.
Arteluce Pao F Floor Lamp – 1990s Catalogue Picture
Links (external links open in a new window)
Arteluce in the Moma Museum New York
Merci Pour Le Chocolat (2000) film – Wikipedia
Merci Pour Le Chocolat (2000) film – IMDb
Das Privileg (2022) film – Wikipedia
Das Privileg (2022) film – IMDb
Vintageinfo
Lamps in the movies
Two Arteluce Pao T2 table lamps were used as a prop in the 2000 French psychological thriller film Merci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap). Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc and Anna Mouglalis.
