Metalarte Moon Table Lamp

Metalarte Moon table lamp chrome tube 2 white acrylic round eclipse lampshades dimmer 1970s Spain

Metalarte Moon table lamp chrome tube 2 white acrylic round eclipse lampshades dimmer 1970s Spain socket

Many thanks to Lluís from Eclectique Vintage for the photos.

Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for the catalogue picture.

Materials: Round chromed metal (iron) tubular base with a black plastic bottom. Built-in dimmer on the base with a black rotary knob . 2 adjustable white acrylic half round shells eclipse lampshade. Brass E27 socket with a porcelain ring.

Height: 45 cm / 17.71”

Width: ∅ 35 cm / 13.77”

Base: ∅ 9 cm /3.54”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: André Ricard.

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

Other versions: This eclipse style Metalarte moon table lamp is made in one version. It is model 4852.

André Ricard

André Ricard Sala was born June 18, 1929 in Barcelona, Spain. Ricard is an industrial designer. He designed mostly for Spanish companies, but also for firms such as Gaggia (coffee machines), Nestlé, Moulinex, Paco Rabanne, Pierre Fabre, Milus, Pierre Junod, Baume & Mercier and others.

He designed many lamps for Metalarte, the Tatu desktop spotlight from 1972 is his most famous. You can find it over here on Vintageinfo.

André Ricard received many awards, to name a few: the Spanish National Design Prize in 1987, the Catalan Saint George Cross and the IOC Olympic Order in 1993, in France the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1998 and the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2011.

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.

Acrylic

Often named by its commercial name: Perspex, Plexiglas, Crylux, Acrylite, Lucite, is a thermoplastic.

Metalarte Moon Table Lamp – 1974 Catalogue Picture

Moon is not the name of the lamp, that’s what it’s often called, it’s simply model 4852.

The other lamp in this picture is model 4853. This lamp comes in many versions. It is not a design by André Ricard, but a design by the Metalarte design team.