Over the past couple of years this lamp has seen a resurgence in the UK thanks to a few more retailers taking on the collection. This has sparked some more copies, as always, along the way but let’s not get started on that.
The story of this floor lamp begins back in 1950 when Jean-Louis Domecq designed a lamp, now considered to be an icon of French industrial art. In the late 1940s, tired of not finding a light suitable for his work, Domecq picked up a pencil and sketched the perfect lamp. After some trial and error, the final drawing was completed in April 1950.
It perfectly matches the specifications: simple, robust and articulated in order to adapt itself to all workstations. The lamp is made from robust enamelled steel with two articulated arms which conduct the electrical current and enable the lamp to be adjusted to various angles and heights.
During 1951 and 1952 he began to produce these lamps and in 1953 created a company dedicated to the marketing of his lamp and whose initials make the name: Ji eL Dé.
Since then the Loft lamp, originally called ‘Standard’ by customers, has been in continuous production and now accompanied by its daughter the Signal, and the suspension Augustin. Made in Lyon, France, with the same old gestures, each one is numbered in order to remain a unique artwork.
Domecq died in 1983 and over the years since his death this company has continued to grow, still selling these flexible lamps for all situations. I love this lamp because you can angle it wherever you like, creating a corner reading area or adding light to a desk space.
Designer: Jean-Louis Domecq
Manufacturer: Jieldé
Year: 1950
Price: £588
I have this lamp and its brilliant. A very good looking piece of design
Lucky you Mary. One day I shall buy one.