translucent shades
Gras 312 pendant with black arm + black base
+ opal glass or polycarbonate round lamp shade
Ø14cm
Gras 312 pendant with black arm + black base
+ painted metal / copper conic lamp shade
Ø21cm
Gras 312 pendant with black arm + black base
+ round lamp shade
Ø14cm
Gras 312 pendant with black arm + black base
+ conic lamp shade
Ø21cm
chrome / copper / raw copper / brass / gold shades
Gras 312 pendant with black arm + black base
+ painted metal / copper round lamp shade
Ø14cm
painted metal shades / copper inside
Gras 312 pendant
with black arm + black base
+
painted metal
conic lamp shade
Ø21cm
Gras 312 pendant with black arm + black base
+
painted metal
round lamp shade
Ø14cm
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.
The Gras 312 pendant is one of the most original pendant lamp of the Gras family, with its triply creased arm that greatly increases adjustment possibilities and lighting ways. Thanks to its adjustable arm and bar, it is adaptable over a work-area or a table for example. The Gras 312 pendant can be settled in a small room, in a hallway or even in a large living room.
Material
steel
Weight
5,5 kg
Dimensions
Bar: 500mm or 1000mm with extension – Adjustable arm: 360mm - max 720mm – Rod: 200mm
Shade
Round: Ø140mm – Conic: Ø210mm
Lighting source
E14
