Set of ‘Mod. 251’ Sconces by Tito Agnoli for Oluce

Original set of ‘Mod. 251’ sconces in very good condition.

Designed by Tito Agnoli in the 1960s.

Produced by Oluce, Italy

The sconces are made from nickel plated brass with rubber details.

The lamp holder can be moved away and towards the wall by sliding it along the metal stem.

The direction of the light can be adjusted by moving the rod, it rotates the socket on the inside which moves the Cornalux bulb.

These sconces will come with new Cornalux bulbs.

Tito Agnoli was born into an Italian family, in Lima, Peru, in 1931. He came to Italy after the war. Trained as a painter (having studied with Sironi), in 1949 he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture, where he graduated in 1959 and was assistant to Gio Ponti and to Carlo De Darli. However, even in the early Fifties, he was already carrying out an intense professional activity in the field of design. He has created projects for, among others, Arflex, Cinova, Lema, Matteo Grassi, Molteni, Montina, Oluce, Pierantonio Bonacina, Poltrona Frau, Schiffini, Ycami. Several times recommended for the Compasso d’Oro (Golden Compass) Award, in 1986 he won the gold medal at the Neocon in Chicago. Some of his pieces are kept in the permanent collection of the MoMa in New York. He died in Milan on February 2012.