Monachella is a floor lamp designed by the designer Luigi Caccia Dominioni, 1953 and produced by the famous Azucena brand. The Monachella lamp diligently rises and lowers along the stem, until it reaches exactly where its light is needed. The Monachella lamp takes its name from the headdress of the nuns who calmly and serenely perform their duties, between work and prayer. The reference to the nuns does not stop only at the shape, which we immediately find in the lampshade slightly inclined downwards. Luigi Caccia Dominioni was also inspired by the attitude of the nuns, with their discreet presence and downward gaze. The lamp seems to look humbly at what it has to illuminate: a book being read, a special object, a particularly expensive corner that we want to emphasize. The Monachella lamp “ora et labora” rises and lowers diligently along the stem until it reaches exactly where its light is needed. More than a simple reading lamp (as stated by the extension of the stem) we can interpret it as a real object for meditation. Monachella was designed in 1953, precisely in the years in which Caccia Dominioni built the Convent and Institute of the Blessed Virgin of Sorrows in Milan, the residence of a female religious order. Who knows that the inspiration for this object did not come precisely from the meetings between the architect and the clients of that work as solid as it is spiritual. Light source: E14 - 60W MAX - 220 - 240V - 50/60 Hz (bulb is not included).
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