Argand Lamp by Quentin de Coster

Quentin de Coster’s new lamp, called Argand, is inspired by oil lamps from the 18th Century. Made of a pink gold-plated brass base, an LED module, and a borosilicate glass cylinder, this contemporary table lamp revisits the mechanism of wick-lift by replacing it with a glass tube incorporating three LED strips. When the knob turns, a rack reveals or hides the mobile lighting tube. The name ARGAND refers to the Swiss physicist Ami Argand who invented the burner with double airflow and cylindrical wick in 1783.

Argand lamp sketches

Photos © Stéphanie Derouaux.

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