Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann Pendant Light for Le Bon Marche

A pendant light, designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann for the ‘Galerie Le Bon Marché', Paris.

The Art Deco influenced gallery was realized for the new annex or the “Great Hall” in the “Le Bon Marché” in 1924, this model was not used anywhere else.

Bronze frame with two part Holophane prismatic glass shades.

Rewired and tested.

Height  27.5in (70cm). 

Diameter 16in (41cm).

Holophane Originally founded in 1898 the hallmark of Holophane luminaires was the borosilicate glass reflector, which acted as a prism providing a combination of uplight and downlight, to illuminate any environment evenly without creating dark spots or glare.

 As a result Holophane lights were frequently used in churches, as street-lights and to illuminate older factories and industrial spaces.