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Lampe Gras
The Original Architects Lamp

Fresh from our inbox, a line of lamps presented as "The Original Architects Lamp". The Lampe Gras is a perfect example of beauty and function combined in a beautifully made piece of functional art. Designed by Bernard-Albin Gras in the 1920s...

 
 

...it's still around today, made in France, and is available online from Brook Farm General Store.

Shown above, left to right:

  • No. 207, black and chrome articulated lamp with wooden base, $644.
  • No. 205, articulated lamp in white, $644.
  • No.205, articulated lamp in chrome, $660
  • No. 201, articulated clamp light in black, $602.
  • A "family portrait".

    (Images: via Brook Farm General Store)

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    These prices seem kind of steep. The restoration hardware reproductions of Wilfred Boquet seem like a better bargain by comparison.

    http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1155472&navAction=jump&navCount=1

    posted by Comicgeek on October 8th 2009 at 9:02pm
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    Love these lamps. Price is like the Jielde lamps, I think restoration hardware is cheap because it's made in China and not France.

    posted by smyers on October 9th 2009 at 8:11am
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