Metalarte Bulb Pendant Lamp

Materials: White opal glass globe bulb lampshade. Brass parts. Yellow and white painted metal “socket”. L athe wood top. Porcelain E27 socket.

Cord Length: 60 cm / 23.62”

Height: 45 cm / 17.71”

Width: ∅ 20 cm / 7.87”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, but a white or frosted one gives the most beautiful result. Clear bulbs creates stripes on opal glass.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Equipe Metalarte – The internal design team.

Manufacturer: Metalarte, Paseo de la Ribera 115, Canovelles, Barcelona, Spain.

Other versions: The Metalarte Bulb pendant lamp exists in several colours and was also made with a lampshade above the bulb. The Metalarte logo is pressed in the brass. This lamp is model 2660, the one with the lampshade is model 2660/P.

Many companies produced similar pendant lamps. Another one can be found here on Vintageinfo. Artemide produced the Arianna pendant lamp. A design by Piero Brombin. It appears in the 1976 StudioA catalogue. However, the 1980s pendant lamp designed by Ingo Maurer became the most well known. Probably because he already designed the table and floor lamp in 1966. You can find it over here.

Metalarte

The Metalarte company was founded in 1932 in Cannoveles, some 30 km/19 mi from Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. In the 1960s and 1970s it renewed its catalogue and started working with external designers and companies. For instance, they sold lamps produced by Louis Poulsen from Denmark and Arteluce and Stilnovo from Italy. Today the company is part of the Luxonia group. Together with the Troll and Sagelux brands.

Designers that worked for Metalarte are, among others: André Ricard, Enric Franch, Josep Lluscà, Estudi Blanc, Josep Aregall, Oscar and Sergi Devesa, Antoni Arola, Lievore Altherr Molina, Ricard Ferrer, George W. Hansen, Héctor Serrano, Jordi Llopis, Ana Mir, Emili Padrós, Otto Canalda and Ramón Úbeda.