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Material: Optical Glass
American Nautical Brass Perko Marine Lantern with Orig. Fresnel Lense NY C. 1920
By Perko Co.
Located in Charleston, SC
American Nautical brass Perko marine lantern with the original Fresnel lense, exterior side mounts, vents, and locking interior oil font. Stamped ...
Category
1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
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
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
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
Sunshine Recorder by Casella of London
Located in London, GB
A Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder, attributed to Casella & Co, circa 1910.
Mounted on a later wooden display plinth.
Marked with serial number...
Category
Early 20th Century English Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Historical Civil War Era Brass Frame Ladies Magnifying Glasses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade brass ladies magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A unique pair of antique spectacles, cleverly designed with ext...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
A fine and early art nouveau acid etched glass vase with pansies by Legras & Cie
Located in Aachen, DE
A fine and early art nouveau acid etched glass vase with pansies by Legras & Cie. Made in Saint Denis near Paris in ca. 1895. The piece is a very nice example of the times when Legra...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Optical Glass
Beyond Gorgeosity Nonna Table
Located in Hanover, MA
Exclusive limited edition (of two) occasional table custom crafted in the studio workshop of Beyond Gorgeosity, the Nonna table, our own new design created from selected vintage elem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
20th Century Pair Of German Anti-Aircraft Binoculars c.1940
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
These exceptional WWII-era German steel observation binoculars by Joseph Schneider offer a fascinating glimpse into military history while serving as a striking decorative piece. Ori...
Category
20th Century German Other Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Metal
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
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
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
Mid-Century Modern, Geode-Style Glass Dish c.1970s
Located in Glasgow, GB
A unique geode-style glass dish, crafted from crystal-clear optical glass. Its semi-angular oval form features a gently curved back, while the surround is sharply cut at a 45-degree ...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Optical Glass
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Copper, 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
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
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
Nickel, Sheet Metal, Brass
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
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
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
Industrial Modern Star Sculpture Patinated Metal Pablo Romo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sculpture
STAR Floor Art sculpture in patinated mixed metal Industrial Modern
Art Designer Pablo Romo for AMBIANIC
Stainless Steel Brass Bronze and Magnifying Glass
Measures: 46.5 H...
Category
2010s Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
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
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
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
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
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
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
5-Lens Floor Lamp by Object Density
Located in Geneve, CH
5-lens floor lamp by Object Density
Handmade
Dimensions: Ø28 x 108 cm
Material: Brass (Messing), optical lenses, dimmable 12V LED
Through a close ...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Black Aluminum, Brass and Molded Glass Shades Midcentury Pendant Lamp
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Black aluminum body with 2 hemispherical glass lampshades.
Very good condition: oxidation spots on the brass parts.
Main body: cm 60 H x 30 D. Adjustable overall height.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Optical Glass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Géode Rectangular Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Located in Geneve, CH
Géode Rectangular Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Dimensions: D 21 x W 46 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
Géode Square Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Located in Geneve, CH
Géode Square Plate by Matthieu Gicquel
Dimensions: D 29 x W 29 x H 3 cm.
Materials: Optical glass and gold leaf.
Weight: 6 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
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