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Material: Optical Glass
Contemporary ICED-CT1 Coffee Table in Sandblasted White Optic Glass
Located in London, GB
ICED glass tables are a sculptural expression for a moment of transition when water undulates between solid and liquid forms, floating on the surface of moving water.
The surfaces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
$10,992 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Italian 12 Lights 1970s Chandelier in Faceted Glass and Chromed Plated Metal
By Reggiani
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This beautiful chandelier is made of a Chrome plated metal structure equipped with 12 lamps (sockets E14) and is covered by 36 faceted glass shades distributed...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
21st Sirius Suspension Lamp Brass Crystal Made in Portugal by Creativemary
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Sirius is the brightest star visible from any part of Earth, being in the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog. Creativemary designed the Sirius suspension lamp aiming to shine in any contemporary home decor. Sirius is a modern suspension...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$4,088 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Fine French Art Deco Bronze and Glass Floor Lamp by Jean Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a 2-tier round base, a conical stem that holds a stack of clear and amber cut glass slabs and a bronze bowl on which rests an optical glass bowl.
Model created in 1938
US re-w...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare red optically blown art nouveau wine glass by Emile Gallé, Nancy, ca. 1903
By Émile Gallé
Located in Aachen, DE
This design was exhibited at the 1903 l'École de Nancy Exposition at pavillon de Marsan in the palais du Louvre, following an initiative by l'Union centrale des arts décoratifs. Sho...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Optical Glass, Uranium Glass
Fine French 1950s Glass and Chrome Cylindrical Flush Mount by Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Perzel - A fine French Mid-Century cylinder-shaped flush mount / ceiling light in enameled glass with three chrome studs that support a prismatic glass lens (holophane).
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Dodecagon Crystal Ashtray
Located in Hanover, MA
Twelve sided cut crystal ashtray with three wheel-ground optic bubble dimples by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
Optical Glass and Chrome Flush Mounted Light
Located in Hanover, MA
Multifaceted optic ground dome shaped lens set within a chrome plated wall or ceiling mounted fixture attributed to Pia Guidetti Crippa for Lumi Milano, circa 1960's.
Glass is perfe...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Golden Metal & Etched Glass 1960s Pendant Lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi
By Lumi, Oscar Torlasco
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This high quality small pendant light was designed by Oscar Torlasco and produced in Italy by Lumi. It is made with a thin, elegant and worked structure in golden metal and brass. An...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Vase Chalcedony by Aureliano Toso Attributed to Dino Martens, 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Magnificent chalcedony glass vase of the Aureliano Toso manufacture attributed to Dino Martens of the 1950s. The vase is made of a magnificent ch...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
$4,814 Sale Price
20% Off
Magiscope Optic Glass Magazine Table
Located in Hanover, MA
Custom crafted by our own master metalsmith in our workshop/studio is this stylish occasional table which fuses our favorite design elements of leather wrapped brass bamboo.
The op...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
An art nouveau wine glass from the Cologne Ehrenfeld glassworks, ca. 1902
Located in Aachen, DE
A wonderful art nouveau - Jugendstil design from Cologne made in circa 1902 by the Rheinische Glashuetten AG Koeln-Ehrenfeld. The company executed works by famous designers like Pete...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Optical Glass, Uranium Glass
Pair of American Nautical Polished Steel and Brass Ship Lanterns, NY C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American Nautical port & starboard polished steel and brass ship lanterns with the original red and blue Fresnel lenses, flanking vented dome finials, exterior protective cag...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wire
Vintage Double Concave Magnifying Glass with Louis Vuitton Upholstered
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique magnifying glass marked B-L Z S. It is marked B-L Z S on the frame oppositethe handle. In 1908, the Bausch & Lomb company, already a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
XXL Loupe
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
XXL Loupe with a handle as a horn, circa 1960
This loupe magnifies wonderfully and is an eye-catcher on the coffee table!
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
$451
1920s Danish Pendant in Conical Opal Glass and Raw Glass with Brass Fitting
Located in København K, 84
Elegant danish pendant / chandelier in a beautiful combination of white opaline conical glass with a raw glass bottom and patinated brass fittings. The penda...
Category
1920s Danish Jugendstil Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Desk Set with Magnifying Glass and Letter Opener - Ammonite Fossils
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Add a touch of elegance and history to your desk with this exquisite set, consisting of a magnifying glass and a letter opener embellished with authentic fossil ammonites from the Me...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Crystal Glass and Gilt Brass Seven-Light Chandelier by Palwa
By Palwa
Located in Barntrup, DE
This impressive seven-tier chandelier by Palwa, manufacturer Palme & Walter, Germany, 1960s, features a gilded brass frame with 208 (+3 reserve) teardrop-shaped crystal glass prisms ...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
An art nouveau Liqueur glass from the Cologne Ehrenfeld glassworks, ca. 1902
Located in Aachen, DE
A wonderful art nouveau - Jugendstil design from Cologne made in circa 1902 by the Rheinische Glashuetten AG Koeln-Ehrenfeld. The company executed works by famous designers like Pete...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Optical Glass, Uranium Glass
An art nouveau Liqueur glass from the Cologne Ehrenfeld glassworks, ca. 1902
Located in Aachen, DE
A wonderful art nouveau - Jugendstil design from Cologne made in circa 1902 by the Rheinische Glashuetten AG Koeln-Ehrenfeld. The company executed works by famous designers like Pete...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Optical Glass, Uranium Glass
Large Fine French Art Deco Pendant by Jean Perzel with a Very Long Rod
Located in Long Island City, NY
With 3 cylinders diffusers in optical glass and dark chrome details.
Exceptional long chromed rod (in 2 parts).
Height with the 2 extension chrome rods is 11' 6"
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Hammered Iron Art Deco Mirror and Console, circa 1930
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Hammered iron Art Deco Mirror and console, circa 1930
Wrought iron structure, marble top and small black opaline at the base of the mirror:
The 2 tulips are signed Hettier & Vinc...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder by Casella & Co of London
By Casella
Located in London, GB
A mid twentieth century Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder, by Casella & Co, London.
Pattern: Mk III C 45- 65 (latitudes 45° – 65°, North or South). 4 inch glass sphere.
Serial number: 6962
Marked: CASELLA LONDON MADE IN ENGLAND 6962
For similar Casella sunshine recorders see the collections of:
Science Museum, London. OBJECT NUMBER:1995-820.
The National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Torpedo Bay, New Zealand.
The Campbell–Stokes sphere is used to record sunshine. It was invented by John Francis Campbell in 1853 and modified in 1879 by Sir George Gabriel Stokes.
The original design by Campbell consisted of a glass sphere set into a wooden bowl with the sun burning a trace on the bowl.
Stokes’s refinement was to make the housing out of metal and to have a card holder set behind the sphere.
C. F. Casella and Co:
Established in 1810 as Tagliabue and Casella.
Incorporated as a limited liability company, C. F. Casella and Co, in 1910.
Circa 1930: C. F. Casella and Co Ltd., of Regent House, Britannia Walk, London, N1 7ND - Makers of anemometers, anemographs, barometers, barographs, hygrometers, hygrographs, radiation instruments, rain gauges...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A great looking historical conversation p...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Culpeper Compound Microscope
Located in New Orleans, LA
Compound Monocular Microscope
Edmund Culpeper
Circa 1730
This extraordinary early 18th-century microscope is a museum-worthy example of scientific innovation and craftsmanship made ...
Category
18th Century English Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$48,500
Palwa Pair Delicate Gold Plated Brass and Glass Sconces Wall Lamps, 1960
By Palwa
Located in Vienna, AT
Palwa Pair (2x) Delicate Gold Plated Brass and Crystal Sconces, 1960. They are in excellent condition and have been professionally cleaned and rewired. They...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,038 Sale Price / set
75% Off
Old Large Masthead Nautical Ship Lamp, Vintage Industrial Style Decoration Item
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a large vintage solid metal and brass nautical 7989 Mast head Light, Maritime signal lantern/lamp with Fresnel lens. With carrying hoisting handle i...
Category
1930s English Industrial Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Glass Disc Wall Sconce / Flush Mount, Koch & Lowy by Peill Putzler, Germany
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Vintage mid century modern disc shaped wall sconce in sculptural glass on a chrome frame made by by Peill & Putzler circa 1970s. Likely designed by Koch & Lowy. A true statement piec...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Optical Glass
Koloman Moser Art Nouveau Meteor Bowl With Silver Rim, Bakalowits Vienna, 1900s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Nouveau Vienna Secession mouth-blown „Meteor“ optical glass bowl with a rim made of silver-plated brass from the early 1900s. Designed by Koloman Moser (1868 - 1919),...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Anglo-Indian Copper and Brass Port & Starboard Ship Lanterns, Circa 1880
By Sachin Engineer Corporation
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Anglo-Indian copper and brass port and starboard ship lanterns with the original Fresnel lenses, vented tops, stamped badges, carrying handles and rear sliding doors with han...
Category
1880s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Studio Alchimia Arc-en-ciel Rainbow Lamp Designed by Andrea Bellosi White Marble
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Studio Alchimia Arc-en-Ciel lamp, designed by Andrea Belossi in 1979.
After the sun comes rain: A wonderful example of the postmodern lighting is the Arc-en-Ciel lamp, designed by A...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Steel
Feliciano Béjar Signed Magiscope Magic Mirror
Located in Hanover, MA
Feliciano Béjar (1920-2007) sculpted these "Magiscopes" in Mexico during the 1970s and 1980s using glass ground with optic bubbles on both sides of the glass giving the viewer both concave and convex lenses through which to experience a new vision that we may perceive the magic and poetry that exists all around us. The sculptural Stand...
Category
1980s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Steel
Stevens & Williams Attributed Bucket Shape Purple Flashed Optical Glass Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional antique purple flashed optical art glass vase probably dating to the late 19th century and attributed to Stevens & Williams. This exceptional quality bucket shaped vas...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
Scandinavian Modern Green Optical Glass Hanging Lamp, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Curvy organically shaped green hand blow glass pendant light with an optical pattern. It has a brass alloyed aluminium top. It was probably manufac...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
$649 Sale Price
20% Off
Moderne Flush Mount Fixture
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian moderne style nickel-plated flush mount fixture with six interior lights.
Measurements:
Drop: 6"
Diameter: 26".
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
1970s Set of Two Oscar Torlasco Space Age Wall Sconces
Located in Palermo, PA
Pair of wall lights designed by Oscar Torlasco. To find the structure in gold is much rare. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Each light has two light bulbs. Sold as a pair.
The glass len...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Microscope cloth counting glass by Casartelli
Located in London, GB
Microscope cloth counting glass by J. Casartelli & Son of Manchester. Circa 1910.
In original black leather case with satin and velvet lining.
Marked: J. CASARTELLI & SON SALFORD.6...
Category
Early 20th Century English Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
1960s Space Age Black Iron and Aluminum Italian Table Lamp
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish high quality space age table lamp designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1960s, aluminum, painted black metal and optical glass are in very good conditions, it works bot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Floor Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Mid-1950's three light floor lamp produced by Lightolier and designed by Gerald Thurston. The style of the pierced polished brass tapered bowls appears to have been influenced by the...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Tito Agnoli & Oluce Flush Mount Light, Aluminum, Brass & Glass Lens, Italy 1959
By O-Luce, Tito Agnoli
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Scarce flush mount light by renowned architect and designer Tito Agnoli.
Model 4448 B, created in Italy in 1959 and manufactured by O-Luce.
Lacquered aluminium, brass and Fresnel optical glass lens.
1x E27 Edison socket.
The lamp is entirely hand-made.
Each pieces are stamped 9, so hand adjusted to only fit each other.
Furthermore this lamp is most likely the 9th one out of 20/25 of this model ever produced in Oluce's workshop.
Exceptional craftsmanship. Collectable lamp...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Italian Glass and Brass Sconces by Stilkrone
By Stilkronen
Located in Vienna, AT
Nice pair of sconces made in Italy by Stilkrone. The brass has been gilded and both lights are in excellent condition and have been newly rewired. Two bulbs per light with 60W max. (...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Palwa Gilt Brass and Optic Lens Crystal Chandelier
By Palwa
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage glamorous 1960s chandelier by Palwa of Germany. Round venturi shaped with interlinked gilt brass oval rings in which dangle the wheel ground op...
Category
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Contemporary ICED-SB1 Side Table in Sandblasted White Optic Glass
Located in London, GB
ICED glass tables are a sculptural expression for a moment of transition when water undulates between solid and liquid forms, floating on the surface of moving water.
The surfaces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
$8,749 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair of Optical Metal Chrome Sconces by Oscar Torlasco, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of optical glass and metal chrome wall lights lamps sconces by Oscar Torlasco. The circles are adjustable and rotable.
2 pair available. Price listed by pair.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Oscar Torlasco 1960 Italy Rare Space Era Table Lamp With Optical Lenses
Located in Miami, FL
Extremely rare table lamp designed by Oscar Torlasco for Stilkronen.
A very original and futuristic, space age table lamp designed by Oscar Torlasco for the Stilkronen Group in It...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$6,989 Sale Price
30% Off
1970s Space Age Italian Chromed Steel and Glass Table Lamp by Oscar Torlasco
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amazing space age table lamp manufactured in Italy in the Seventies, chromed steel it's in very good condition as the optical glasses, this table lamp it has been designed by Osca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Early American Flint Glass Pattern Bowl, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Early American flint glass pattern bowl with a scalloped exterior edge, recessed circular motif and terminating on a tapered recessed circular stem with a beveled transparent base, E...
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
Pair of Gilded Brass and Crystal Glass Sconces by Palwa
By Palwa
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful pair of gilded brass and glass sconces by Palwa from the 1960s.
They are in excellent condition and have been professionally cleaned and rewired. They hold up to three bulb...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,170 Sale Price / set
75% Off
Sciolari Chrome and Magnifying Lens Crystal Pendant
Located in Hanover, MA
Stylish small chrome pendant chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari with glass magnifying lenses over four bulbs, perfect size for a vestibule or entry hall.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Large Nickel & Sandblasted, Molded Glass "Kappa" Lamp by S. Mazza for Artemide
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This large pendant was designed in the 1960s by Sergio Mazza for Artemide.
It is made from a nickel-plated brass structure with an opaline sandblasted shade and a molded clear glass...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel, Sheet Metal
A nice and early floral art nouveau Vase by Legras Saint Denis, ca. 1895
By Legras & Cie
Located in Aachen, DE
Saint Denis / Legras Vase Pois de senteur, A French cameo glass, optical blown into a mold then formed freely on the pipe, cased with a green overlay, acid etched to a decor of pea p...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Optical Glass
Géode Round Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Located in Geneve, CH
Géode Round Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Dimensions: D 32 x W 36 x H 3 cm.
Materials: Optical glass and gold leaf.
Weight: 7 kg.
Each piece is numbered. Please contact us.
Praise for the moment
Light shines through the glass. Details are revealed one by one: here a light bubble rises, there a changing reflection. To seek to understand Matthieu Gicquel’s glass art - because what we’re really talking about here is touching the senses of the material, of the work - is first and foremost to follow the path mapped out by Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows.
For him, «[...] we forget what is invisible to us, we regard as non-existent what cannot be seen»; yet the creator’s entire will lies in this need to reveal to us what seems absent, to give substance to the mystery from a material so common that we no longer pay attention to it.
Two words-concepts of Japanese origin-form the original basis of Matthieu Gicquel’s artistic philosophy: wabi-sabi and Yûgen. The first is the powerful idea that beauty is to be found in the banal, the everyday, the vile. To the European eye, at first glance, it seems hard to grasp: what beauty is there in a chipped bowl...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,442 / item
Industrial Modern Star Sculpture Patinated Metal Pablo Romo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a STAR Floor Art sculpture in patinated mixed metal Industrial Modern
Art Designer Pablo Romo for AMBIANIC
Stainless Steel Brass Bronze and Magnifying Glass
...
Category
2010s Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
Fine French Art Deco Bronze and Glass Flush Mount by Jean Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Perzel: A fine French Art Deco flush mount with a bronze and lacquered frame, sand blasted glass diffusers and "crystal" cut glasses set in bronze blades on corners. The flat wh...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Oscar Torlasco Mod. 553 Table Lamp, Large Ed., Lumi, Italy, circa 1950
By Oscar Torlasco, Lumi
Located in Firenze, IT
Oscar Torlasco mod. 553 table lamp. Large version.
Manufactured by Lumi, Milan, Italy, late 1950s
Brass and painted aluminium. Glass optic lens.
Measures : 52 x 30 x 15.5 (d...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
Lens Luminaire Installation by Object Density
Located in Geneve, CH
Lens Luminaire installation by Object Density
Handmade
Dimensions: 154 Lens: 140 x 58 x 94 cm
Material: brass (messing), optical lenses, dimmable 12V...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$19,727 / item
Yugen Console by Matthieu Gicquel
Located in Geneve, CH
Yugen Console by Matthieu Gicquel
Dimensions: D 50 x W 230 x H 80 cm.
Materials: Optical glass and patinated metal.
Weight: 140 kg.
Each piece is numbered. Please contact us.
Praise for the moment
Light shines through the glass. Details are revealed one by one: here a light bubble rises, there a changing reflection. To seek to understand Matthieu Gicquel’s glass art - because what we’re really talking about here is touching the senses of the material, of the work - is first and foremost to follow the path mapped out by Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows.
For him, «[...] we forget what is invisible to us, we regard as non-existent what cannot be seen»; yet the creator’s entire will lies in this need to reveal to us what seems absent, to give substance to the mystery from a material so common that we no longer pay attention to it.
Two words-concepts of Japanese origin-form the original basis of Matthieu Gicquel’s artistic philosophy: wabi-sabi and Yûgen. The first is the powerful idea that beauty is to be found in the banal, the everyday, the vile. To the European eye, at first glance, it seems hard to grasp: what beauty is there in a chipped bowl...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
$19,065 / item
Yugen Round Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Located in Geneve, CH
Yugen Round Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 5 cm.
Materials: Optical glass.
Weight: 12 kg.
Each piece is numbered. Please contact us.
Praise for the moment
Light shines through the glass. Details are revealed one by one: here a light bubble rises, there a changing reflection. To seek to understand Matthieu Gicquel’s glass art - because what we’re really talking about here is touching the senses of the material, of the work - is first and foremost to follow the path mapped out by Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows.
For him, «[...] we forget what is invisible to us, we regard as non-existent what cannot be seen»; yet the creator’s entire will lies in this need to reveal to us what seems absent, to give substance to the mystery from a material so common that we no longer pay attention to it.
Two words-concepts of Japanese origin-form the original basis of Matthieu Gicquel’s artistic philosophy: wabi-sabi and Yûgen. The first is the powerful idea that beauty is to be found in the banal, the everyday, the vile. To the European eye, at first glance, it seems hard to grasp: what beauty is there in a chipped bowl...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Optical Glass
$3,442 / item
5-Lens Wall Lamp by Object Density
Located in Geneve, CH
5-lens wall lamp by Object Density
Handmade
Dimensions: 7.5 x 14.5 x 43 cm
Material: brass (messing), optical lenses, dimmable 12V LED
Through a c...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,866 / item
7-Lens Floor Lamp by Object Density
Located in Geneve, CH
7-Lens floor lamp by Object Density
Handmade
Dimensions: Ø28 x 125 cm
Material: Brass (Messing), Optical lenses, Dimmable 12V LED
Through a close ...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,078 / item