An iconic Max Sauze ''Cassiopeia'' table lamp/also suitable as pendant. Very decorative geometrical design, very pleasing to the eye. It's a lamp as well as a sculpture. It has many different forms and shapes depending on the angle it's viewed from.
The lamp has been used as a prop in famous films with Louis de Funer and also more recently in House of Gucci (featuring Lady Gaga - see last picture).
Sauze (1933 - ) is an Algerian-French ''master of metal''. Trained at l'École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Alger and l'École Camondo in Paris.
Sauze’s most famous designs are named after constellations and other heavenly bodies, like this complexly geometric Cassiopeia lamp (ca. 1969), which was originally designed for the Congress Center in Aix en Provence.
Condition is very good regarding its age. The alu sheets have been very meticulously cleaned. On the side that's always been up there is some light patina (tiny spots of corrosion). The lamp comes with the current E14 energy saving ightbulb
Creator
Max Sauze
Manufacturer
Design Period
1960 to 1969
Production Period
1970 to 1979
Country of Manufacture
France
Identifying Marks
Style
Mid-Century, Modernist, Postmodern
Detailed Condition
Good — This vintage item is in very good conditionconsidereing age and use
