PAUL BRINDEAU DE JARNY (1858-1939)

Plane tree leaves in autumn

Naturalistic ceiling light with five lights.

Copper cut-out with nuanced brown patina.

Circa 1904.

Signed Paul BRINDEAU on a leaf.

Height: 50 cm (approx.) – Diameter: 101 cm (approx.)

History :

Nearly a century before Claude Lalanne (1925-2019) brought us her decorative lighting fixtures, Paul Brindeau de Jarny, a decorator, jeweler, and metalworker, used metal for his naturalistic creations. Using this material, which he cut, assembled, and finally patinated, he draws us into his poetic universe, which today appears, to say the least, ahead of its time. Our pendant light, reminiscent of autumn plane tree leaves, a very similar model of which was exhibited at the 1st Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris in 1904, is the perfect example.

Exhibition and related work:

1st Salon des Artistes Décorateurs – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Champs-Élysées, Paris, January 16 to February 16, 1904. A similar model with eleven lights was exhibited at this event.

Bibliography and related work:

- L’Art Décoratif – No. 66 of March 1904. A similar model with eleven lights, exhibited at the 1st Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris in 1904, reproduced on page 104 in an article entitled “Les objets d’art au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs” by Léon Riotor.

- Société des Artistes Décorateurs – Exposition d’Arts décoratifs, illustrated catalog – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Champs-Élysées, Paris (January 16 – February 16, 1904), A. Joanin & Cie Editions, Paris, 1904. The eleven-light model, listed under number 33 in the catalog, cited on page 61.