Lot 263
Sir Peter Blake C.B.E. R.D.I. R.A. (British 1932-) for Aram Designs Limited §
Two 'Step' Lamps
Auction: 29 April 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Finnish birch plywood
Dimensions
Taller lamp: 143cm high (56.25in high) (including shade); Smaller lamp: 110cm high (43.25in high) (including shade)
Footnote
‘When I was asked by Zeev Aram to design a piece of furniture for his exhibition, my first thought was, which is the ‘simplest’ furniture – a table. So I designed a table. I wanted it to be very basic, as though a child had drawn it, like a kitchen table. Then I chose to have it made from thick plywood, to make the legs from ply, and turn the ‘constructed’ surface to the front of the table, to show how it was made.
The construction of the corners is always the same, as a table can be made to order by simply giving the size of the table top and the height. It can be plain wood, sealed, or stained white, black and primary colours, on their own or a combination – red, yellow and blue.
Later I decided that a lamp which matched the table would be interesting, and designed that too.’
(Peter Blake, 1986 quoted in accompanying Aram Design Limited catalogue)