Category
Architecture and interior design
René Lalique
1924
Glass, metal clips
Pressed glass technique
Property of the Lalique Museum
The Passiflore ceiling light is made up of twelve pentagonal pieces assembled into a sphere with metal clips. The fine cords that support the light also serve to hide the electric wiring.
Each of the twelve pieces represents a passionflower, or passiflora, and though the flower gets its name from Christ’s Passion, the light does not have religious connotations. Flowers and plants were one of René Lalique’s primary sources of inspiration: one of the three F’s – fauna, flora and the female figure.
Lamps and lights of various styles and types were an important but relatively little known area of René Lalique’s work.
By the way: This is believed to be the only Lalique piece with a passionflower motif.
