Table lamp known as "transistor", Italy, 1980

Italian work, 1980. H 23 X W 27 X D 10 cm. Lacquered wood and metal. Good condition. A horizontal case made of lacquered cream wood and metal, topped with an overhanging blue band that reveals three bare bulbs: when lit, the lamp shows its source; when off, it becomes a closed object. The shape references the portable radio, hence the common name "transistor" under which the piece circulates in the market. Bicolour lacquer and postmodern vocabulary, in the Italian style of the 1980s. Good condition.