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"B.T.4" Floor Lamp

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"B.T.4" Floor Lamp
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DesignerItalian, active 1968–1977
ManufacturerItalian, active 1961–2007
CultureItalian
Titles
  • "B.T.4" Floor Lamp
Datedesigned 1971, made c. 1971–73
MediumLacquered wood, chromed steel, steel wire, Perspex, magnets and bulbs
Dimensions84 11/16 × 17 11/16 × 17 11/16 in. (215.1 × 45 × 45 cm)

Credit LineGift of Gloria Sormani, Sormani Private Collection, Arosio, Italy
Object number2019.322
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Provenance[Sormani, Arosio, Italy, active 1961-2007][1]; Luigi Sormani (d.2017) private storage, 2007-2017; by inheritance Gloria Sormani, Arosio, Italy, 2017; [Sormani Private Collection, 2017][2]; given to MFAH, 2019.

[1] Manufactured by Sormani, Arosio, Italy.
[2] Gloria Sormani (his daughter) established the Sormani Private Collection in 2017 through which vintage Sormani products are sold.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker on underside of base: nucleo / divisione della sormani s.p.a. / 22060 arosio - italia
Tape with handwritten ink on underside of base: 100 VA / ITA
Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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