An early Olympia steel wall sconce by Mark Brazier-Jones

An early Olympia steel wall sconce by Mark Brazier-Jones, dated 1989, the faceted torch with glass lens and two green marble light diffusers surrounded by copper laurel leaf frame, signed and dated 61cm. long

Literature

Mark Brazier-Jones Fiell page 70 for an example illustrated.

Catalogue Notes

This wall applique was designed in 1986 with this early example being dated 1989. It relates to the Creative Salvage group set up by Mark Brazier-Jones and Tom Dixon in the 1980s - recycling materials into new pieces of furniture. The designer gave an example of this light (made in 2001) to the V&A collection.

"A torch from another time, the ancient Greeks, or even lost Atlantis"