OPALINE GLASS WALL SCONCE BY JEAN PERZEL - MODEL 348 B V
Wall lamp in gilded bronze and opaline glass by Jean Perzel. This model was selected by the Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris for the 1937 exhibition. Beautiful semi-direct lighting for this sandblasted glass bowl resting on a bronze wave. Model 348 B V reissued (catalog price 3000 euros). Master glassmaker and goldsmith of German origin, Jean Perzel (1892-1986) set up his workshop in 1923, on rue de la cité universitaire in the 14th arrondissement. From 1925, obsessed by the idea of amplifying light, he made all his pieces in glass. He designed all his creations himself, in a perpetual quest for elegance and purity of form. They are designed to enhance the architecture of the places for which they are intended. Perzel's pieces can be found at the court of the King of Belgium, Henry Ford and the Rothschild family. He was responsible for the lighting of the League of Nations in Geneva, Luxembourg Cathedral, the Canadian Embassy in Lahaye and the ocean liner Normandie. Jean Perzel takes part in various international exhibitions and competitions, winning numerous prizes. His reputation soon enabled him to light the interiors of celebrities and politicians such as the King of Morocco, the King of Siam in Bangkok, the Maharajah of Indore, General de Gaulle and President Georges Pompidou. His lamps are still produced today and can be redesigned to order. Bibliography: Atelier Perzel website: http://www.perzel.fr/notre-histoire/ Epoque Design, Circa: 1970 Dim: W:25cm, D:32cm, H:40cm.
