Sciolari Chrome Tubes Chandelier

Materials: Chromed metal (brass) tubes, rods and slats. Big chome tube in the middle. Some other chrome parts. Long chrome rod and canopy. 12 Bakelite E14 sockets.

Rod Length: 80 cm / 31.49’’

Height: 47 cm / 18.50”

Width: ∅ 52 cm / 20.47”

Electricity: 12 bulbs E14, 12 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used with an E14 socket. Although, bright lights are not recommended. For this setup frosted rectangular bulbs were used. These are the original light bulbs intended for this chandelier.

Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Angelo Gaetano Sciolari (1927-1994).

Manufacturer: Sciolari, Milan and Rome, Italy.

Other versions: This geometric Sciolari chrome tubes chandelier exists in several varieties. It was also made as a wall lamp. Also produced in a slightly different version by S.A. Boulanger from Belgium and Lightolier, USA.

The rectangular tubular light bulbs were produced by many companies, today also for sale in LED. The frosted bulbs used for this setup were made by Radium. Also Osram produced identical bulbs.

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 he took over the Sciolari Lighting company at the age of 22.

His first designs in the 1950s were Sputnik inspired pendant lamps and chandeliers. 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. He started combining brass with chrome.

Angelo Sciolari led the family business with a passionate vision. Within years, he expanded the business and started working with other lighting companies worldwide.

Gaetano Sciolari created lamps 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. The city 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.