Designed by Pierre Chareau, re-edited by Galerie MCDE
Lamp composed of two alabaster plates in quarter round sliding on a potence adjustable from right to left
Base in blackened forged metal
White alabaster with two available finishes: veined white or veined brown
Possibility to mix white veined and brown veined alabaster blocks
Discover the alabaster selection here
Electrification: Can be electrified for the country of your choice. If you are ordering for Europe, expect 230V and 110V for USA. Please contact us if you require a different voltage
CE Certification: Yes
UL Listed: No, if you require UL Listing, please contact us as this might be possible at an extra cost
Socket: E14 (EU) or E12 (US)
Dimmable: Yes
Light Source Included: No
LED bulb 4W max, T20 or T6, max length 7 cm / 2.7”
Lead time for a new production: 12 weeks (including summer holiday closures)
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Pierre Chareau belonged to a generation of French designers who saw no contradiction between craft and industry, and Potence Lamp is a quiet demonstration of that belief. He paired the raw honesty of hand-worked metal and stone with materials chosen for how they behaved under light, treating each piece as a small architectural gesture rather than a decorative afterthought.
Named for its potence, the pivoting arm borrowed from industrial lighting, the Potence lamp lets its two quarter-round alabaster plates slide and swing from right to left on a base of blackened forged metal, so the light can be aimed exactly where it is needed. It is a compact demonstration of Chareau’s engineering instincts, offered in veined white or veined brown alabaster.
“No house in France better reflects the magical promise of 20th-century architecture than the Maison de Verre,” wrote architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff in the New York Times about the groundbreaking project by Pierre Chareau. Arguably one of the most influential works of modern architecture, the « House of Glass » stands as the most innovative example of Chareau’s genius.
The visionary designer brought modernity into interior decoration by his pioneering use of wood, glass and metal. By the mid 1920s he had joined the prestigious Société des Artistes Décorateurs and, in 1929, he co-founded the “Union des Artistes Modernes”. With some of his like-minded peers – including Robert Mallet-Stevens and Jean-Michel Frank – he befriended the most sought-after artists of his time, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Amedeo Modigliani, Louis Aragon, Paul Éluard and André Breton to name abut a few.
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Flint Terracotta
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Linterno Fabric : St Moritz/Nobili