Large Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier
Extremely Rare and Large Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier, twenty-three arm, Italian, ca. 1960. Ht: 70” Dia: 55”
The iconic Sputnik design was inspired by the first satellite to orbit the earth in 1957. This Soviet Union satellite was named “Sputnik” and was the size of a beach ball, with 4 long antennae emulating from a center sphere. It is believed that the Sputnik was part of the push to create the United States NASA space program in 1958.
This Mid-Century Modern Chandelier became a recognizable part of the design periods known as the “Atomic Age” from about 1940 -1960, when concerns of nuclear war dominated the West, and the “Space Age” period from 1958 to the early 1970’s, culminating in the July 1969 moon landing.
Extremely Rare and Large Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier, twenty-three arm, Italian, ca. 1960. Ht: 70” Dia: 55”
The iconic Sputnik design was inspired by the first satellite to orbit the earth in 1957. This Soviet Union satellite was named “Sputnik” and was the size of a beach ball, with 4 long antennae emulating from a center sphere. It is believed that the Sputnik was part of the push to create the United States NASA space program in 1958.
This Mid-Century Modern Chandelier became a recognizable part of the design periods known as the “Atomic Age” from about 1940 -1960, when concerns of nuclear war dominated the West, and the “Space Age” period from 1958 to the early 1970’s, culminating in the July 1969 moon landing.
Extremely Rare and Large Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier, twenty-three arm, Italian, ca. 1960. Ht: 70” Dia: 55”
The iconic Sputnik design was inspired by the first satellite to orbit the earth in 1957. This Soviet Union satellite was named “Sputnik” and was the size of a beach ball, with 4 long antennae emulating from a center sphere. It is believed that the Sputnik was part of the push to create the United States NASA space program in 1958.
This Mid-Century Modern Chandelier became a recognizable part of the design periods known as the “Atomic Age” from about 1940 -1960, when concerns of nuclear war dominated the West, and the “Space Age” period from 1958 to the early 1970’s, culminating in the July 1969 moon landing.
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