The Taccia lamp was designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos. This clean-lined lamp approaches sculptural art, reflecting light from a concave extruded-aluminum reflector with a matte-white finish. Light is adjusted by positioning the blown glass diffuser. Base is extruded aluminum in an anodized matte black or natural sandblasted finish. 

Achille Castiglioni said of Taccia in a 1970 interview: "We consider it the Mercedes of lamps, a symbol of success: perhaps because it looks like the shaft of a classical column. We certainly weren't thinking of prestige when we designed it. We just wanted a surface that would stay cool. Taccia was devised in 1958, designed and prototyped in 1959 and, after several years of study of the prototype by Flos it was for the first time produced in 1962. 

Description: Table lamp providing indirect and reflected light. E27 (100W max) included. Indoor use.
Materials: Metal reflector with gloss white finish inside and white powder-coated outside. Adjustable hand-blown clear glass diffuser. Matte black or anodized silver extruded aluminium body.Nickel-plated and zapon-varnished polished steel base. On the cable there is the electronic dimmer for regulation of light .
Dimensions: Totale height: 54 cm, Base height: 26 cm, Diameter base: 19 cm, Diameter diffuser: 49,5cm.
Date of production: 1962.