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Object Timeline

1988

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

1998

  • Work on this object ended.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Tabla Light

This is a light. It was designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo and manufactured by PAF and produced by ITALIANA LUCE/IL USA INC.. It is dated ca. 1993 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is metal, plastic. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by ITALIANA LUCE/IL USA INC.. It is credited Gift of Italiana Luce/IL USA, Inc..

  • Freeplay Radio
  • molded plastic, metal.
  • Gift of Fran Smyth.
  • 1996-118-1

Its dimensions are

47.5 x 57 x 32 cm (18 11/16 x 22 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Tabla Light; Designed by Mario Barbaglia (Italian, b. 1950), Marco Colombo (Italian, b. 1952); Produced by ITALIANA LUCE/IL USA INC. (Italy); Manufactured by PAF (Italy); Italy; metal, plastic; 47.5 x 57 x 32 cm (18 11/16 x 22 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Gift of Italiana Luce/IL USA, Inc.; 1993-98-1

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