Camille Graeser 1892–1980

Werkbund floor lamp

Germany, 1920s, design probably by C. Graeser, execution by fa Buschle - Stuttgart, chrome-plated and painted base metal, adjustable lampshade, cast iron, height 165 cm, no electrification
Camille Graeser - prominent interior architect and furniture designer. Member of the Werkbund. In 1927 he was invited to create furniture for Mies van der Rohe. In 1933 he fled to Switzerland to escape Nazi persecution, where he became a member of the Swiss artists' association Allianz. Lit.: Der Baumeister, G. Harabes, Georg D. Callawey-Müchen, 1933, p. 29 (in an interior designed by C. Graeser, a prominent residential architect and furniture designer.