- Artist / Designer:Marika Carniti Bollea (1933- )
- Period:20th century - 1960 to 1980 - Mid-century
- Country of Origin:Italy
- Dimensions (H x W x D):48 x 24 x 16 inch
- Weight:10 Kg
- Number of components:1
- Condition:Good
- Style:Design, Hollywood Regency
- Materials:Organic, Resin , Synthetic
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Price:SOLD
- Belgium Delivery:Free
- International Delivery:On request
Very large model of table lamp / Shell floor lamp "LIMNEA" by Marika Carniti Bollea, famous Italian designer from the 1970s to the present day.
Rare piece and stamped from the "il mare" series including the models: LIMNEA - MITILO - NAUTILUS
Remarkable realization in polyester resin of fiberglass type, wooden base.
This model is the largest LIMNEA: 1.2 m high.
Very good state. Note, some small surface chips (see photos).
Biography of MARIKA CARNITI BOLLEA:
Interior designer, decorator and costume designer from the 70s to the present day, she never ceases to amaze. Marika Carniti Bollea is also called “the Lady of Interior Design”, this tireless and very elegant lady wrote important pages in the Italian history of interior design and architecture. Born into a noble Genoese family, she frequented Milan in her youth and in particular La Scala, where she met Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi and the maestro De Sabata.
She travels the world meeting artists and architects of international renown, she then begins to devote herself to design, committing to revive artisanal design, ignoring the industrial.
Marika Carniti Bollea has pursued throughout her career as an interior designer or rather, as an inventor of houses, a constant principle: to seek and develop the playful aspect of things with the greatest seriousness, consistency and commitment. , to such an extent that she conceived her profession of interior designer as a risky and playful operation which constantly climbs the dangerous ridge of Kitsch without ever crossing the threshold beyond which elegance becomes ostentation ....
In the spirit of the lights (fossil, agate, geode, shell coral) by Liane and Roger Rougier, Willy Daro, Lova Creation, Stan Usel, Phoenix, Jacques Duval Brasseur, Maison Baguès, Maison Charles, Maison Jansen, Henri Fernandez, Georges Mathias, Dragonette Private Label