Max Sauze Cassiopeia Pendant Lamp –Vintage Info

Max Sauze Cassiopeia pendant lamp used as a prop in the French comedy film “Jo” with Louis de Funés from 1971.

The complete movie “Jo” with Louis de Funés
You can watch it over here.

Big wall lamp in the satirical comedy: Tout Le Monde Il Est Beau, Tout Le Monde Il Est Gentil, by and with Jean Yanne made in 1972. (Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (English title)

Max Sauze Shop at the fair of “Les Puces du Design” in Paris, France, April 2018

Many thanks to Frank from Flowermountain.be for the pictures and the enthusiasm.

Max Sauze Cassiopeia Pendant Lamp

Materials: Metal (galvanized iron) frame with anodized aluminium slats. Bakelite socket.

Chain Length: 60 cm / 23.62’’

Height: 50 cm / 19.68”

Width: 50 x 50 cm / 19.68 x 19.68”

Electricity: 1 light bulb E27, 1 x 75 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used. Not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Max Sauze.

Manufacturer: Max Sauze Studio, France.

Other versions: Made in some varieties. Cord or chain, different colours of anodized aluminium. Also made in black. Max Sauze made many different lamps in this style, most of them are designed from the late 1960s until the late 1970s.

Today, the lamps by Max Sauze are produced by Ekilux, the company of his son Sebastien Sauze.

Max Sauze: born in 1933 in Algeria. He first attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Alger between 1953 and 1956, and then went on to study at the famous Ecole Camondo in Paris, France (1956-59).

During the 1970s he quickly established his own recognizable style through the construction of bent aluminium strips on steel wire structures.

Today Ekilux, the company of his son Sebastien Sauze relaunched production of the iconic slatted aluminium lamps designed by his father at the end of the 1960s. Ekilux is located in Provence in the South of France.

The Almeco Group France produces the lamps in Bandoxal (anodized aluminium).