Brutalist Totem Lamp, 1960s, France

This is a beautiful French antique floor lamp from the 50s. To modernize the lamp while preserving its vintage charm, we have chosen a new rope lampshade that enhances the warm tones...

Large Floor lamp, art, unique, one-of-a-kind, French, contemporary, object The "Sunny Side Up" Egg Lamp by Michel Froment is no ordinary floor lamp; it embodies creativity and endle...

Large Floor lamp, art, unique, one-of-a-kind, French, contemporary, object The "Sunny Side Up" Egg Lamp by Michel Froment is no ordinary floor lamp; it embodies creativity and endle...

Colorful Italian floor lamp in Murano glass by La Murrina, 1980s Rare and highly decorative and trendy-looking floor lamp from the early 80s manufactured by La Murrina. The lamp has a Murano, hand-made, glass disk with a gradient effect, ranging from white to yellow to a red center. The light bulb is hidden right behind the red dot. When lit, because of the hidden light...

Brutalist iron chain link floor lamp, made in 1960s France. Just over 5 feet tall. Extremely heavy and substantial lamp. Tripod base with rustic iron boat ch...

Splendid Poliarte floor lamp, original, brutalist in wrought iron with verdigris oxidized patina and bronze finish. In the stem, thick sheets of blanking glass in bright colors that ...

Beautiful Brutalist lamp designed by Salvino Marsura in the 1970s, of fine Italian manufacture. The floor lamp is made entirely of burnished wrought iron, simply charming. The base...

An organic and Brutalist style Floor Lamp with Dragon Fly and Leaf design. No chips or cracks. Easily rewired for all regions. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...