Nicolas Aubagnac
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luxe calme volupté
Comme un livre ouvert
La lampe Etoile ressemble à un livre ouvert.
Ses trois faces incurvées fond penser aux pages d’un manuscrit encore vierge de toute écriture.
Le parchemin qui habille les trois côtés de la lampe est serti entre deux collerettes de chêne naturel.
L’objet est doux, simple et luxueux.
Il autorise des variations poétiques étonnantes comme cette version ornée d’une calligraphie koufique du mor « nur » (qui signifie « lumière » ) en marqueterie d’ébène blanc…
natural oak top and base
Ancestral nobility of the parchment
The Thebes I lamp showcases parchment, a material requiring the expertise of a master cabinetmaker to prepare, select, cut, and then glue the parchment skins onto the piece of furniture. Originally, parchment was used as a writing material before the invention of paper. Succeeding papyrus, the primary writing medium in the West until the 7th century, parchment was used extensively throughout the Middle Ages, particularly by monks who devoted much of their time to creating illuminated manuscripts. It is thanks to parchment that the great philosophical, scientific, and political texts of Greek and Roman antiquity were preserved and disseminated throughout Europe.
We primarily use goat parchment sourced in France. The hides are patiently cleaned in a lime bath, then polished and whitened with pumice and chalk powder. Before a piece of parchment can be worked, it must be moistened to restore its suppleness. This allows it to be used for covering curved shapes.
