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Rare Design Icon: The 'Spiga' Table Lamp – Italian Masterpiece from the 1970s
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Heythuysen, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since November 2021 • 62 sales
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A sculptural table lamp by Romeo Rega, Italy, 1960s/70s, with a brass slatted frame and original patina.
Romeo Rega (born in Rome, 1925 – died in 1984) was a furniture designer and master blacksmith. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Pietro, who was also a craftsman. He apprenticed with a master blacksmith and smith from whom he learned the art of ironworking. In the late 1940s, he opened a small workshop in Trastevere, Rome, where he began working with wrought iron and designed and crafted gates, fences, and iron furniture. In 1957, he opened his first studio, where he collaborated with talented blacksmiths and smiths. In 1959, he received a major commission from Cinecitta to design and build the chariots for the film Ben-Hur. His clients included celebrities from the film and entertainment world. In the 1970s, Romeo Rega was part of a group of Italian designers who combined inventiveness and elegance with a strong modernist influence. Along with Willy Rizzo and Gabriella Crespi, he championed modernist glamour, a style still highly sought after today. He began applying traditional ironworking methods to materials like brass, steel, and Lucite. The company continued production until 1981, and his pieces are now highly sought after. (A single lamp from this range currently sells in the US for NZ$2,700.)
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Heythuysen, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since November 2021 • 62 sales