The Ruspa Table Lamp was designed by the Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti for the company Martinelli Luce in 1968.
Best known for her work on large-scale museum projects, including Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Contemporary Art Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Aulenti also turned her hand to interior design. Perhaps this heritage goes someway to explaining the price of the Ruspa Lamp (I did a double-take when I first read it myself), which is currently on sale for £2796.95.
I suspect this won’t be a realistic purchase for most of us, but if you do have the money and want a classic table lamp, it can be ordered online from Made in Design.