Italian Floor Lamp in the style of Paolo Buffa, 1940s

Design
1940s

Manufacture
1940-1949

Location
Lonigo, IT

Floor Lamp in the style of Paolo Buffa, parchement and wood, Italy, 1940s.

This floor lamp, dated to 1940s and executed in the style of Paolo Buffa, reflects the quiet elegance that characterizes his postwar production. The tapered wooden stem, articulated by subtle brass rings, rises from a circular parchment-clad base and supports a wide fabric shade with a softly proportioned profile. The use of parchment, both on the base and along the shaft, introduces warmth and texture, its natural variations and light patina enhancing the lamp's presence without excess. The brass details provide measured accents, framing the volumes rather than dominating them.

Its language sits closely within the vocabulary Paolo Buffa (1903-1970) developed across the postwar decades, one of restraint, classical proportion and careful material contrast, placing him alongside contemporaries such as Gio Ponti and Osvaldo Borsani.