Lamps in the movies!
This Sciolari geometric chrome chandelier was used as a prop in the Canadian drama film Café De Flore from 2011. Starring Vanessa Paradis. The song Café De Flore by Docter Rockit from 2000 is the threat through the movie, not the café in Paris, France.
Many thanks to Frank from Flowermountain.be for the pictures and the enthusiasm.
Gaetano Sciolari Geometric Chrome Chandelier
Materials: Chromed metal (iron and brass) tubes and rectangular slats. Elongated slots in the tubes. 6 round embossed clear glass downlighting lampshades. Chrome rod & canopy. 6 Bakelite E14 sockets.
Rod Length: 66 cm / 25.98”
Height: 48 cm / 18.89”
Width: ∅ 54 cm / 21.25”
Electricity: 6 bulbs E14, 6 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Angelo Gaetano Sciolari (1927-1994).
Manufacturer: Sciolari, Milan and Rome, Italy.
Other versions: This Gaetano Sciolari geometric chrome chandelier exists in many variations: more or less lamps, on a chain, completely made in brass, and so on. Also made as wall lamps and a floor lamp. Made with different glass parts and also made in square, cubic versions.
Angelo Gaetano Sciolari
Angelo Sciolari graduated with a degree in architecture but wanted to be a filmmaker. This course came to an abrupt end when in 1949 his father suddenly died and he took over the Sciolari Lighting company at the age of 22.
His first designs in the 1950s were Sputnik inspired pendants; of course it was the space age.
In the 1960s he created refined, futuristic and sharp classical style chandeliers. Lines were clean and sculptural and materials such as crystal and ice glass sparkled with a voluptuously luxurious coolness and he started combining brass with chrome.
He led the family business with a passionate vision and within years, he expanded the business and started working with other light companies worldwide.
Gaetano Sciolari created lights for Stilnovo and Stilkronen (Italy), Lightolier and Progress Lighting (USA), S.A. Boulanger (Belgium), Helestra and Leola (West Germany), Lyfa (Denmark) and some other companies and of course for his own Italian family business; the Sciolari company in Rome and Milan; where all the lighting business at that time was present.
Sciolari was the founder and the first president of the trade association of Italian manufacturers of lighting fixtures, the AIDI. The Associazione Italiana di Illuminazione was founded in 1958 and still exists today.
Links (external links open in a new window)
Sciolari Illuminazione website
Facebook Sciolari Illuminazione
Associazione Italiana di Illuminazione website (AIDI)