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7.8lamp.jpgDear AT,

Can anyone identify this chandelier?

I seem to have brilliant chandeliers on my mind.

I identified one by Gio Ponti, made for Venini in 1946, but I can't place the more "bejeweled" one.

Does anyone know this lamp?

Thanks! Sara

 
 
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Uh, what more bejeweled one? It says the one in the image is Ponti:
http://www.designboom.com/history/p_chandelier.html

posted by TRUE BLUE on July 8th 2008 at 8:45am
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oops, AT, i sent in two photos.. I know this photo is Gio Ponti, but there was a second "more bejeweled" but similar colored chandelier I could not place.

posted by greenlight on July 8th 2008 at 8:46am
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One sold for $12,350 here:
http://www.shapiroauctioneers.com.au/modhighlights/mh_sections/design.html

Another one, in grey and blue was expected to sell for between $15-20K here:
http://phillipsdepury.liveauctioneers.com/auction25.html?r=20&d=ti&s=l&p=3

A couple more styles shown here:
http://www.bonluxat.com/a/Gio_Ponti_Collezione_99.80_Multicolore_Wall_and_Pendant_Lamps.html

posted by TRUE BLUE on July 8th 2008 at 8:52am
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Leda Series by Artemide, not designed by Gio Ponti but easy to find and buy in the USA.

http://www.artemide.us/?page=main/flypage&pageTitle=Leda%2012&product_id=1103&ps_session=8ab75a4c7c900ca9114313c3c5f34606

posted by ENTENZA on July 8th 2008 at 9:19am
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okay, this is a bit cavemanish, because there is not a direct url:
go to
http://www.reesroberts.com/
click on
interiors
scroll down to Montague Terrace
the light fixture I would love to identify is in a bedroom with turquoise sofa, chair, bed.

you will probably enjoy the rest of the house, it belongs to one of the wonders at Remodelista.

posted by greenlight on July 8th 2008 at 9:31am
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thanks everyone, it was the "Present Time Design" light I was wondering about, the Gypsy Chandelier. Now, anyone know about the candelabra/sconces that are dipped in latex or rubber? Very colorful also. No idea who makes them.

posted by greenlight on July 8th 2008 at 10:36am
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Tobias Wong started that trend:
"Finally we’re photographing the Tobias Wong chandelier. This little chandelier started out in life as a Schonbek, and then Tobias Wong coated it with industrial white rubber, leaving just one crystal uncoated as a witty comment on the proceedings. So we really have to call it a Tobias Wong, but it’s amusing to know that’s there’s a Schonbek under all that rubber."
http://www.schonbek.com/crystalchandelierblog/06.04.07.html

More on Wong here:
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.10-style-tobias-wong/

Buy here:
http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=238

posted by TRUE BLUE on July 8th 2008 at 5:41pm
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I still haven't found any that are colorful that are covered with rubber. Here's a huge page showing many places that the Wong chandelier was featured in:
http://scrapbook.citizen-citizen.com/citizencitizenpress/rubber_dipped_chandelier/index.html

posted by TRUE BLUE on July 9th 2008 at 5:02am
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