Italian Ceramic Wall Lights with 24kt Gold Trimming

Italian Ceramic Wall Lights with 24kt Gold TrimmingA pair of Italian ceramic wall lights, each built on a spherical base glazed in a clean, pristine white and finished with fine hand painted lines of 24 karat gold. The gold catches and returns light in thin warm threads against the white, a restrained kind of decoration rather than anything ornate. Each fixture sits flush to the wall, so the sphere and its new demi lune linen shade read as one low, neat profile. These belong to the Italian ceramic

Origin: Sweden

and transitional spaces

nature-inspired forms—a design philosophy that flourished throughout Scandinavia in the 1970s

The warm brass patina complements timber doors

The gold is applied by hand and fired so it sits as part of the surface

with patination consistent with nine decades of careful ownership

painted wire backing

with the character of authentic age intact

Individually signed on the underside

Demi lune wall pieces from this period sit firmly inside that movement

This piece represents the Italian mastery of wicker and rattan furniture that flourished throughout the 1960s

but the quality of the glaze and the steadiness of the hand-painted gold place them within that established Italian artisanal output