Medusa, a lamp designed in the 1960s by Carlo Nason of Italy, has been brought back into production by Established & Sons and is making its debut at the Salone del Mobile — in table, pendant and wall versions. Made of multilayered, mouth-blown opaline glass, the lamp takes its name from its resemblance to a sea creature. “Medusa originally had no name at all, just a catalog number,” wrote Mr. Nason, 90, in an email. “My wife could never remember that number.” Instead, she used the Italian word for jellyfish.
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