Lamps in the movies!
A Maison Jansen palm tree wall lamp was also used as a prop in the Edouard Molinaro comedy film Oscar from 1967. A movie with French comedy actor Louis de Funès (1914-1983). Here together with a Raak Fuga wall lamp and a Raak pendant lamp. Several other lamps by Raak Amsterdam, Artemide, and others.
Maison Jansen Palm Tree Wall Lamp
Materials: Burned brass leaves and trunk. 2 Bakelite sockets.
Height: 47 cm / 18.50”
Width: 40 cm / 15.74”
Electricity: 2 bulbs E14, 2 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1970s, 1980s – Hollywood Regency.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: To be determined, in all probability a Belgian or French company.
Other versions: This Maison Jansen palm tree wall lamp exists in several variations. It was also produced with 1 lamp socket. Lamps were made with a bamboo trunk. Made in many forms and sizes: palm trees, reeds, flowers, pineapples and many others.
Maison Jansen was a furniture maker and interior designer. Not a lamp manufacturer. They did sell lamps made by others that matched their interior decor, hence the confusion.
These lamps are often attributed to the famous Maison Jansen company, but there were several artists and companies in the 1960s and mostly in the 1970s who created similar lamps. To name a few: Christian Techoueyres and Glensar, both companies from France. Some of them are signed, most are not.
Maison Jansen or House of Jansen, was a Paris-based interior decoration company founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen. It was located at 23, rue de l’Annonciation, Paris. Today the house is the Maison Jansen museum and it also promotes contemporary artists.
Links (external links open in a new window)
Hans Kögl palm tree floor lamps on the Hans Kögl website
Oscar, the film from 1967 – Wikipedia
Oscar, the film from 1967 – IMDb
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Other examples of these brass lamps
Other brass Maison Jansen lamps on Vintageinfo
