French Modernist Chinoiserie Rattan Wicker Pendant Lamp

Description

Wonderful rattan pendant chandelier in a Modernist French Riviera style, produced in France during the 1960s. This pendant is perfect … more Wonderful rattan pendant chandelier in a Modernist French Riviera style, produced in France during the 1960s. This pendant is perfect for use above a nightstand, breakfast table, or glamorous restroom. We have left the original brass chain and plug, which allows this to function as a swag lamp, if desired.

For an additional fee, we can convert this to a hardwired pendant, in a custom length.

It has been designed in the style of Louis Sognot rattan lamps. A wonderful example of midcentury artisanal work, where bamboo and rattan are perfectly blended and shaped.

Louis Sognot (1892-1970) was a French designer best known for his elegant furniture made from a combination of rattan and wood. Influenced by Art Deco and Cubist aesthetics, Sognot studied at the École Bernard-Pablissy before working as a designer at the Au Printemps department store in Paris in 1919. He later went on to become a founding member of the Union des Artistes Decoroteurs.

Designed after Franco Albini, a master designer who employed the use of rattan to create iconic pieces.

Franco Albini (17 October 1905 – 1 November 1977) was an Italian Neo-Rationalist architect, designer and university instructor in design. He studied at the Politecnico di Milano University in 1929 and began his professional career working for Gio Ponti. Through his design work, he merged Italian traditional artisanship with Modern forms and shapes, using natural, inexpensive materials, elevating them in an incredibly sophisticated manner. less