Mario Industries

Arriving in the US from Palermo, Italy, Mario worked for a time making ornamental pictures frames. He later became associated with the Crucet Manufacturing Company in making decorative baskets, shades of mica, and a line of decorative floor lamps and torchiers. In 1922, he established the Mario Manufacturing Company. In addition to producing beautifully hand decorated mica shades, the firm became best known for its leather lamps. Mario, situated on 26th street in New York, continued to expand and in the 1950's became one of the 1st firms to import hand crafted lamp bases from.