Fleur lamp (model LP166)

Fleur lamp (model LP166)

Pierre ChareauWW-1924-M122757
1924·Brass and alabaster·9 × 10" (22.9 × 25.4 cm)

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Year
1924
Dimensions
9 × 10" (22.9 × 25.4 cm)

Artist

Pierre Chareau
Pierre Chareau

Pierre Chareau was a French architect and designer whose austere modernist interiors and furniture pioneered the integration of industrial materials and rational planning in domestic space during the early twentieth century. Working across architecture, interior design, and object creation, he rejected ornament in favor of structural clarity and functional precision. His most celebrated project, the Maison de Verre in Paris, exemplifies his commitment to transparency, steel framing, and the honest expression of building materials. Chareau's influence extended across European modernism through his rigorous formal language and conviction that design could reshape everyday living.

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Year
1924
Dimensions
9 × 10" (22.9 × 25.4 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1924-M122757

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moma
Status
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Artist

Pierre Chareau

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