Parentesi essentially is made of a stainless steel cable, 13’ long (may be cut to size) hung from the ceiling and kept in tension by the base on the floor, along which a tubular socket runs up and down. The cable is attached to the ceiling with a steel expansion screw concealed by a cylindrical metal element and is anchored to the floor by a cylindrical counterweight made of black rubber-covered lead, the height from the floor is regulated by a steel boat hook. The lamp’s name “Parentesi” derives from the bracket-shaped steel tube (enamelled or chromed) which supports a rotating rubber joint holding the socket for a 150 watt bulb and the lead.

This tube runs up and down the pole by simple hand pressure and is held in place by the sliding friction created along the pole which prevents it from slipping once it is in position. The two caps on the extremities of the tube have an opening for the cable. This apparatus allows infinite ways of setting the direction and height of the light.

An extra fixture head may be added to the same cable.

The fixture is part of the permanent collection in the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Available in Red, Black & White