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Lampe de Marseille
Le Corbusier's Lampe de Marseille for Nemo: wall lamp with direct and indirect light
500 × 800 × 1660 mm
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Lampe de Marseille is a wall lamp by Le Corbusier, produced by Nemo Lighting. Nemo's page and technical sheet say it was named after the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille, the massive building designed between 1949 and 1952 by Le Corbusier and a symbol of Brutalist architecture. The sheet lists emission as direct + indirect.
Construction
The sheet gives the materials as steel + aluminium. Installation is orientable, with or without a plug. Nemo's drawing marks rotations of 180°, 220° (twice) and 340°. The sheet's notes give white wash (inside all the diffuser) as RAL 9002, grey as RAL 7046 and black as RAL 7021.
Specifications
- Light source: E27, 2 × 70 W total; bulb Ø 11 cm (down) + A60 (up), bulbs not included
- Switching: double switch on cable; dimmable according to bulb only with direct wall electrical installation
- Tension: 230 V; IP class 20; cable length 1.5 m + 1.3 m
- Net lamp weight: 5 kg
- Codes: LDM EWW 31 whitewash / whitewash; LDM EDD 31 grey / grey / whitewash (inside); LDM ENN 31 black / black / whitewash (inside)
- Drawing: plan and elevation views show a maximum width of Ø50 cm, projection of 166 cm and height of 80 cm; the same drawing also prints 40, 29, 73, 61 and Ø17 cm
Story
Named after a building
Nemo says the Lampe de Marseille was named after the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille, the massive building designed between 1949 and 1952 by Le Corbusier and a symbol of Brutalist architecture.
Family
The family list on the product page shows a smaller version, the Mini Lampe de Marseille, credited to Le Corbusier as well. Nemo presents both products together in the same family section.
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Collection
Le Corbusier Collection
Nemo's Le Corbusier Collection: Lampe de Marseille, Escargot, Parliament, Projecteur — lamps built on the primary forms Le Corbusier saw revealed by light.