Table Lamp with Lamp Shade, 1921

This table lamp was designed by architect, designer and graphic artist Dagobert Peche (1887–1923) for the Wiener Werkstätte in 1921. Executed in brass, this model is characterized—like many of Peche’s other objects—by a free play of geometric and vegetal elements: The tent-like base, for example, rests on four stylized bent leaves, with countless ridges running concentrically toward the top, like a vortex. Vertically adjacent sits a ball half encased in grooved leaves like a fruit. The actual stem of the lamp consists of an inverted slender cone, on which palmettes spiral upwards, mirroring the motif of the base.

MR, 2021