Accolay Potters: Vintage 1960s Resin Lamp With Cord And Ceramic Base, Illuminated

It features a spherical body in a rich terra d’ombra shade, with a slightly striated texture; at its center is a medallion made of “cépamine” ” *in an orange hue that diffuses the light, highlighted byan openwork frieze, with a shade made ofcorded resin, and dual lighting from both the base and the shade.   In the spirit of Pelletier’s work.

“Cépamine,” a hybrid material—part glass, part resin—that creates a soothing atmosphere, is a technique invented by the Accolay workshops.

In very good condition, no restoration, original cord.

Dimensions:

total height: 66 cm
lampshade height: 40 cm
ceramic height: 27 cm
diameter: 27 cm

In the village, many don’t remember how they ended up there: “They just showed up, that’s all,” some say, much like arriving in Burgundy when you don’t know where you’re fleeing from. Their names were André Boutaud, Slavik Palley, Louis Dangon, and a man named Raude (or Rodet)
Yet they hadn’t come from very far away.
After swinging to the sound of jazz in the cellars of Saint-Germain-des-Près, these four bohemians—who had refused to serve in the STO (Compulsory Labor Service)—sought to lay low. So they left Paris and found a welcoming haven in the ceramics workshop at the vocational high school in Mâcon, then directed by the Cluny-based potter, Alexandre Kostanda.
The man who would soon go on to create exquisite works in the vibrant artistic milieu of Vallauris alongside Jean Derval, Roger Capron, and Robert Picault served as a mentor to the four young artists.

Accolay was their shared signature. It was a place where the idea of a community of potters was reinvented.