Italian Design Lamps

Italian lighting, from decorated brass to contemporary forms

An ornate chandelier, a green-shaded desk lamp and a cascade of slender pendants express different ideas of a room. At Ghidini 1849, they belong to one collection of lighting designed and made in Italy, drawing on our family business’s experience with brass. The material takes on different roles across the range: it carries floral ornament and scrolling arms, shapes simple shades, or becomes the cylindrical body of a contemporary suspension.

This breadth gives you room to choose how closely the lamps in an interior should relate. A shared brass finish can connect a dining-room pendant with quieter wall or table lamps; a recurring shade or decorative motif creates a more explicit link. Coordination can come from a material or a detail, while the lamp forms change with each space.

Explore the collection through its design differences

Our selection brings together several approaches to decorative lighting. Each offers a different starting point for a home, a hotel lounge or a restaurant interior:

• Art Deco and Art Nouveau lamps combine ordered patterns, floral glass and decorated brass with a broader classical repertoire. Ornament may concentrate in a shade or extend through the arms and base, giving you a choice of how much detail to bring into the room.
• Rustic and industrial lamps give prominence to metal shades, visible glass, articulated arms and, in some suspensions, pulley mechanisms. Their appeal lies in the construction as well as the finish, making them relevant beside timber and stone or within simpler contemporary architecture.
• Contemporary lamps develop the collection through cylinders, discs, glass globes and compositions of several pendants. Repetition and spacing become part of the design: a line of shades follows a table, while staggered drops create a more vertical arrangement.

The shade and the arrangement of the lights

Alongside style, the relationship between the source and its shade helps explain the variety. Clear glass leaves the bulb visible; with white or frosted glass, the shade’s surface becomes more prominent. An open metal shade frames the source with a defined edge. A fabric shade can echo a material already present in curtains or upholstered seating. These differences are worth considering together with the room’s other lights, particularly when a decorative fitting will be seen from a nearby chair or across a dining table.

Our bankers lamps make that relationship especially recognisable through green glass and brass. Fixed-shade versions retain the familiar form, while articulated models let you alter the shade’s position or angle. Across the wider collection, table and floor lamps, wall lights and ceiling lights complement chandeliers and pendants, allowing the lighting to develop around several parts of a room.

Brass finishes and the transition outdoors

The finish changes how brass sits beside the surrounding materials. Polished surfaces catch sharper reflections; satin finishes soften the sheen, while antique and darker tones bring a different depth of colour. Our finishes guide helps you compare these appearances. Availability and care belong to the chosen model and finish, rather than a single treatment applied to the whole collection.

The range continues into outdoor lighting, with wall lamps, suspensions, ceiling lights and post lights for different exterior settings. A sheltered entrance and an exposed garden call for different product conditions, so the intended use and protection rating of the individual model guide the choice. Across interiors and outdoor spaces, the collection offers several expressions of the same Italian brass expertise, with enough variety to give each setting its own character.