Jean Royère, “Tour Eiffel” floorlamp
Jean Royère (1902-1981)
"Tour Eiffel" floorlamp
Circa 1948
Floorlamp with a structure made of three blades shaped with a mesh structure formed with steel tubes with a "canon de fusil" patina with at each intersection a gilt brass ball.
The tripod base is made of bent steel blades.
Total height 169 cm (66 1⁄2 in) - Height 142,5 cm (56 in) - Lampshade diameter 80 cm (31 1⁄2 in)
Literature:
- Archives Jean Royère, cabinet des dessins, MAD, Paris: blueprints n°2137; blueprint n°4709; Technical drawing RI 2018.2.8.222
- Archives Jean Royère, MAD, Paris: pictures numbered 529 and 835 from Album I
- Archives Jean Royère, photography of a floorlamp of the same design
- Art et Industrie, 1947, n°8, p.20.
- "Jean Royère", Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2002, p.168.
- "Jean Royère", Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2017, p.300.
