Selenova table lamp. Italy, ca. 1970

SELENOVA table lamp. Italy, ca. 1970.
Semitransparent glass, opal glass and chrome-plated metal.
With manufacturer's label.
Measurements: 60 x 46 x 46 cm.

Table lamp of the firm Selenova, with a design of space age inspiration, according to the avant-garde aesthetics of the sixties and seventies. Space Age is the name given to the period in which the space race began in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. This fever to conquer space also reached design, and during the sixties and seventies a decoration model was developed based on an idyllic vision of the future, and everything to do with spaceships, new technologies and innovative materials.