Large vintage italian exclusive table lamp.From the signature I can conclude that the lamp was produced between 1937 and the late 1950s.With beautiful red and gold details made of ceramic, it is a real eye-catcher.Signed and in very good condition.Feel free to contact us for more photos or videos.Zaccagnini was originally founded in florence in 1905 as ugo zaccagnini & figli (...& children).Its namesake and founder, ugo zaccagnini (1868-1937), was born in pistoia in tuscany and studied at the scuola di disegno industriale in sesto fiorentino.He next worked as a plaster modeler for the richard-ginori ceramic company in sesto before opening a studio of his own in that municipality.It closed in 1896 when zaccagnini entered into a partnership with six of the most talented artisans and craftsmen in florence of the time: egisto fantechi, luigi ceccherini, augusto fantini, francesco grassi, paolo banchelli, and giuseppe conti.The enterprise was called la societa industriale per fabbricazione della maioliche artistiche (the society for industrial fabrication of majolica art) and known by the acronym sifma.Zaccagnini served as master sculptor and model maker during his years with simfa.Production was confined to the recreation of traditional majolica in the renaissance style of the 15th and 16th centuries for which italy was then famous.Zaccagnini, in the meantime, had grown increasingly enamored of the current art nouveau movement; he saw in its elements unprecedented freedom of design possibilities.This artistic difference would eventually lead to sifma's breakup.In 1905 zaccagnini left to once again open a factory of his own in florence, this time with the help of sons pietro, urbano, and prisco and daughters, adele and enrichetta.The new studio produced the standard offerings of the traditional italian potter, but it was zaccagnini's new and surprising artistic creations that caught the attention of the art world.He would eventually become famous for both.