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Bronze and Swarovski Crystals End Table by Mark Brazier-Jones UK 21st Century

Name: Bronze and Swarovski Crystals End Table by Mark Brazier-Jones UK 21st Century
Brand: Mark Brazier-Jones
Price: 33213.65 USD

About the Item

Mark Brazier-Jones, Beluga end table, 2009, Bronze and Swarovski crystals, 40 x 40 x 88cm The Beluga end table is inspired by the sheer opulence of Russian 18th Century faceted metal furniture produced in Tula-a style of furniture that was influenced by the availability of steel, as a result of the city's status as a centre for armaments production. In the middle of the 18th Century the Tula workshops developed a technique that was unique the cutting of metal facets. On a plain metal base, which was sometimes blued, they applied several thousand forged and faceted "diamonds", mainly in steel. The bluing itself was in varying tones of black, blue, lilac, pale blue and pink, and the combination produced startling and highly sought after effects. The 25,000 hand applied Swarovski crystals on the Beluga piece create a similar effect. Mark Brazier-Jones (b.1956) is an internationally celebrated artist, master furniture and lighting designer, engineer, and sculptor. His patrons are film and rock royalty, and art collectors all over the world. Since the commencement of his career in 1983 as a founding member of the Creative Salvage Group, Brazier-Jones has honed a collection and philosophy unique within the concept of functional art. Brazier -Jones like objects with lasting qualities, that are not fashionable and that will stand the test of time. Today Brazier-Jones works from a rustic 16th century bar in rural Hertfordshire. Here he and a small team of craftsmen develop his work. He believes this self-imposed isolation to be essential to the process of consequential creativity. He only occasionally ventures abroad on research, or to visit his clients. Examples of his work are held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; le Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Art and Design, New York; and the Decorative Arts Collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Contemporary design sales at auction houses such as Sotheby’s; Philips, Bonhams, and Christie’s show a consistent rise in the prices of his work, and a growing demand from collectors, especially for early pieces.

Creator:

Mark Brazier-Jones (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 34.65 in (88 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 15.75 in (40 cm)

Style:

Rococo (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze,Crystal

Place of Origin:

United Kingdom

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

2009

Production Type:

New & Custom(One of a Kind)

Estimated Production Time:

Available Now

Condition:

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU5300228129362

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Mark Brazier-Jones

Before Mark Brazier-Jones became an internationally celebrated furniture and lighting designer, interior decorator and sculptor, he took part in live shows by the band Funkapolitan, dazzling concert audiences with his “performance welding art,” which saw him creating dynamic sculptures on stage during the 1980s. Since then, Brazier-Jones has produced provocative chandeliers, chairs and other ornate furnishings that draw on Art Nouveau, baroque and Rococo design and has amassed a star-studded clientele that includes actors, art collectors and rock music royalty.

Brazier-Jones was born in 1956 in New Zealand, then moved with his family to the United Kingdom at the age of 12. He later earned a BA in ceramic sculpture and, during the 1970s and early 1980s, found work in the nascent music video industry, designing and building sets for musicians Elton John, David Bowie and others.

While he was immersed in London’s warehouse party scene, Brazier-Jones met Tom Dixon and Nick Jones of Funkapolitan. They forged a friendship and invited Brazier-Jones on stage to create sculptures out of shopping carts and old cars as the band performed (Dixon also created sculptures from scrap metal onstage while performing with the band). In 1983, Brazier-Jones, Dixon and Jones started the Creative Salvage Group, later joined by French designer André Dubreuil. The collective’s first exhibition of welded art-furniture sold out and garnered immediate critical acclaim.

After a few years, Brazier-Jones focused on solo design endeavors and moved to rural Hertfordshire, where he established his workshop and studio in a 16th-century barn. With the support of a small team, Brazier-Jones designs and produces everything from console tables and floor lamps to daybeds and mirrors.

Brazier-Jones’s works are held in permanent public collections, including the Victoria and Albert, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Museum of Fine Arts and more.

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