black / round polycarbonate
342 €
black / round opal glass
342 €
translucent shades
black / round raw copper-white
378 €
black / round raw copper
378 €
black / round copper-white
378 €
black / round copper
378 €
black / round brass
378 €
black / round white-copper
378 €
black / round black-copper
378 €
black / round chrome
342 €
black / round white
342 €
black / round red
342 €
black / round blue
342 €
black / round yellow
342 €
black / round black
342 €
metal shades
painted metal shades / copper inside
painted metal shades
Bernard-Albin Gras
Lampe Gras N°411 - New York, 1970s
Georges Braque & la Lampe Gras N°201
Henri Matisse & la Lampe Gras 201
Le Corbusier and the Lampe Gras 201
in his offices on rue de Sèvres in Paris
Gras Lamp, early 20th century
Gras Lamp, early 21st century
Gras lamps
As several designs that marked their time, the Gras Lamp is the fruit of the technical ingenuity of a french engineer, Bernard-Albin Gras, who created a wide collection of workshop lamps in 1921.
They are made with a particularly ingenious articulation system, without screws or welding, which made it particularly reliable and practical. Gifted with an aesthetic sense, Bernard-Albin Gras was able to highlight his invention by clean functional lines, which seduced many designers such as Le Corbusier, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Sonia Delaunay, or Georges Braque.
Thus the Gras Lamp soon found itself brought to the level of design object, present in the four corners of the world, whether it be in private interiors, workshops painter or architecture studios. The Gras Lamp – having become hard to find, and favoured by collectors in Europe, the US and Japan – has been carefully republished since 2008 by the french brand DCW editions, owners of the exclusive rights inherited from Bernard-Albin Gras.
In 1921 Bernard-Albin GRAS designed a series of lamps for use in offices and in industrial environments. The GRAS lamp, as it was subsequently called, was astounding in its simple, robust and yet very ergonomic design. There are neither screws nor welded joints in the basic form. In 1927 the Ravel company purchased the patent and started production of the GRAS lamps.
Bernard-Albin Gras was one of the most innovative designer of the 20th century. The functional esthetic of his lamps and especially the design of details such as those of the arms, stems, brackets and bases were truly original and far ahead of his time. Early on Le Corbusier was seduced by the modern design and user-friendliness of the lamps and became one of Bernard-Albin GRAS’s most enthusiastic supporters using the lamps in his own offices as well as employing them in numerous architectural projects all over the world.
Others such as Robert Mallet-Stevens, Jacques Emile Ruhlmann and Eileen Gray followed this trend as well. Furthermore, such well-known artists as Sonia Delaunay and Georges Braque also used these lamps in their studios. For the first time in history, a lamp was equally popular in professional as well as in residential applications. Bernard-Albin Gras’ talented and visionary design has proven to be timeless.
Material
steel
Weight
2.1 kg
Dimensions
Adjustable arm min 34 cm - max 70 cm – Rod 20 cm
Shade
Round: Ø14 cm – Conic Ø21 cm
Lighting source
E14
