Large Fontana table lamp by Max Ingrand

Designed in 1954 by the famous French master glassmaker and decorator Max Ingrand, the lamp was originally called 1853 and subsequently Fontana, in homage to the company of which the Master was Artistic Director for a decade. For design enthusiasts and connoisseurs of the brand's history, 1853 still remains a sort of nickname today. The first symbol of a timeless design object, still a best seller and timeless icon, Fontana represents the lampshade par excellence. The peculiarity of Fontana is the multiple lighting: both the base and the lampshade contain one or more light sources. The larger version also allows indirect lighting: an additional light source projects an indirect light beam upwards. Differentiated switching allows you to meet multiple lighting needs: from the soft glow of the rest light, to the intense reading light up to emotional and ambient light, obtained by indirect emission. Also available with LED light sources. A very precious lamp in white satin-finished blown glass, already re-edited in the total black variant, is now offered in a colorful and new version - light gray and amethyst purple - which reinforces the contemporaneity of the project. “Light and color are certainly the most specific elements in nature. With them we have serenity movement life” declared Max Ingrand. “In reality, the history of architecture tells us what the role of illuminated, opaque, translucent color was in internal and external architecture (...). Light was no longer just a means of breathing life into colors but became a means of giving life to an entire architecture.“