ALDO LONDI FOR BITOSSI TURQUOISE ‘ARGYLE’ TABLE LAMP

A handmade table lamp designed by Aldo Londi for BITOSSI CERAMICHE of Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy, in the 1970s. The columnar lamp base is made with BITOSSI's signature chamotte clay and decorated with an "argyle" sgraffito décor in shades of turquoise, light blue, and black. It was assembled by Norwood Lamps of Montreal, Canada, and has been outfitted with a 3-way socket and an in-line dimmer. We have paired it with a vintage, beige-fabric-covered shade. ALDO LONDI (1911-2003) was one of Italy's most celebrated master ceramists. He spent most of his long and successful career creating exceptional works of great art and craft for the Italian ceramics firm BITOSSI CERAMICHE. Just outside of Florence, Londi’s hometown of Montelupo Fiorentino had been an important center of pottery production in Tuscany since the Renaissance. In 1922, Londi went to work for the region’s then-premier ceramics workshop, Fratelli Fanciullacci (Fanciullacci Bros.). There, from the age of eleven, Londi steeped