Jean Royère, “Ski” floorlamp
Jean Royère (1902-1981)
"Ski" floorlamp
Circa 1950
"Ski" floor lamp with its original black lacquered tubular metal, composed of a shaft standing on a ski pole base.
This base is the only ornamental element in this floor lamp : a star in gilded patinated metal is set on a black metal circle.
The paper lampshade is not the original one.
Height 163 cm (64 1⁄4 in) - Diameter 40 cm (15 3⁄4 in)
Literature:
- Archives Jean Royère, Cabinet des dessins, MAD, Paris, blue print n° 2.352 illustrating the model.
- Archives Jean Royère, Photo album, MAD, Paris: Album 2 - picture numbered 606 and annotated "Giblain 1943"; picture numbered 759 and annotated "Dessemond 1946"
- "Jean Royère", P-E Martin Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2002, pp. 35, 198.
