Jean Royère (1902-1981), Liane wall light, France, 1953

Jean Royère (1902-1981), Liane wall light, France, 1953

Patinated iron, rhodoïd
Purchase courtesy of support from the Fonds du Patrimoine, 2001
Inv. 2001.128.1
© Les Arts Décoratifs / photo: Jean Tholance

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During the 1950s and 1960s, Jean Royère developed his ornamentation using modern materials, marrying unexpected colours. He deformed metal tubing which became a wavy line and the driver of his decorative repertoire, creating in this way an entire range of organic and plant forms. Like a climbing plant, the lamp Liane, of which several models exist, is a veritable formal invention that overtakes the function of giving light.

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