August 6, 2018

Guéridon’s Les Luminaires de Serge Mouille Revives the French Designer’s Iconic Lamps

The Les Luminaires de Serge Mouille collection revisit some of Serge Mouille’s classic steel and aluminum fabrications of the 1950s, with three-legged floor lamps and sconces reminiscent of snail shells, eyes, and warming ames. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Born in 1922, the French industrial designer Serge Mouille was trained in the art of silversmithing. But his aluminum and steel fabrications of the 1950s, coveted by collectors and museums alike, are what established him as an icon of minimalist chic. His wife Gin and friend Claude Delpiroux revived those designs at the turn of the 21st century, and now offer multiple reproductions of his classics as part of Les Luminaires de Serge Mouille collection. Three-legged floor lamps proffer one or three angled arms; coordinating sconces offer one to five, or an indulgent seven. Other sconces are charming homages to snail shells, eyes, and warming ames. Powder-coated in the designer’s signature black or a new white option, each is made exactly as it was in the fifties, in both technique and material; the aluminum shades are even produced with the original molds. Through Gueridon.

Photography by Eric Laignel.
Snail. Photography by Eric Laignel.
Snail. Photography by Eric Laignel.
Three-Arm Standing Lamp. Photography by Eric Laignel.
Photography by Eric Laignel.
Photography by Eric Laignel.
Photography by Eric Laignel.
Photography by Eric Laignel.
Photography by Eric Laignel.

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