AMAZING STYLISH 60s MODERNIST CUBE CHANDELIER-SCIOLARI

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THIS VERY LARGE, AMAZINGLY DECORATIVE AND WONDERFULLY STYLISH MODERNIST ITALIAN SCIOLARI CUBE CHANDELIER DATES FROM THE 1960s AND WAS DESIGNED BY GAETANO SCIOLARI USING GLASS CUBES AS A MODULE. SCIOLARI WAS A RENOWNED ITALIAN LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE RADICAL DESIGN MOVEMENT OF THIS EXPLOSIVE PERIOD.THIS CELEBRATED AND SOUGHT AFTER LIGHTING DESIGNER PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST AMAZINGLY FLAMBOYANT ITALIAN PIECES WHICH EPITOMIZE THE 60s PERIOD IN ITALY.THIS EXTRAORDINARY CHANDELIER IS OF CLASSIC SCIOLARI CUBE FORM: THE CENTRAL CHROMIUM PLATED SUPPORT COLUMN WITH MATCHING CEILING ROSE HOLDS THE EIGHT CHANDELIER ARMS. EACH OF THE EIGHT ARMS HAS TWO SHADE HOLDERS ON UPPER AND LOWER LEVELS AND THE CHANDELIER ARMS ARE STAGGERED ALTERNATELY IN ORDER TO EMPHASISE THE CUBIC FORM OF THE CHANDELIER. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN CRYSTAL GLASS CUBES EACH OF WHICH HAVE CLASSIC SCIOLARI GEOMETRIC SCULPTED DECORATION TO CREATE AN EXTRAORDINARY DAZZLING SCULPTED FORM. THERE IS A SWITCH ON THE CHANDELIER WHICH ALLOWS THE LIGHTING EFFECT TO BE ALTERED TO ILLUMINATE ONLY FOUR OF THE ARMS TO ALLOW A DIFFUSED EFFECT IF REQUIRED AND EMPHASISE THE CLASSIC HEXAGONA GLASS CUBES WHICH HAVE A TEXTURED SURFACE TO REFLECT THE LIGHT. THIS WONDERFULLY STYLISH 70s CHANDELIER IS IN EXCELLENT ORIGINAL CONDITION; THE GLASS ELEMENTS ARE ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH read more

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