Ceiling light variant of the model “1849”
Manufactured by Fontana Arte
Italy, 1958
Brass frame and spherical etched glass diffuser on the outer surface

Measurements
53 cm height
20,8 in height

Provenance
Private Collection, Venezia

Literature
Lastre di vetro e cristallo, Vitrum, Milan, no. 125, May-June 1961, pp. 28-31.
Fontana Arte: Illuminazione, sales catalogue, Milan, p. 33.
Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin, 2012, fig. 419 .

Biography
Max Ingrand (b.1908, Bressuire – d.1969, Paris) was a famous French master glass worker and decorator, also the artistic director of Fontana Arte for one decade, starting from 1954. During that time he came up with many design classics, such as the Fontana table lamp, still one of the best selling products for the company that bears its name. Having studied at the school of Fine Arts in Paris, he specialised in the decorative Arts, under the guidance of major artists such as Jacques Grüber and Charles Lemaresquier. He also produced a great number of stained glass panels for religious buildings, hotels and public places. Towards the end of his life he was awarded the French Legion of Honour in recognition of his achievements in design.