Table Lamps by Jean Claude Dresse, 1970s, Set of 2

Jean Claude Dresse, pair of table lamps, Black resin and horn, Belgium, 1970. This unique pair of table lamps by Dresse was owned by a Belgian private collection from Brussels. This example is custom-made . Besides its size, what is is important for the quality of this lamps is that the piece is made by hand with an horn inlay from scratch. All Dresse's pieces are handmade: ''The only tools used are hands. The horn inlay has been placed center from the lamps, giving it a dynamic appearance and great visual depth. It is important to know that Dresse was the first to produce these kind of metal or stone mosaic and resin tables, lamps in Belgium. Nowadays, these inlay black resin patterns are exemplary for design from Belgium in the 1970s and 1980s, which states the importance of the design of Dresse and this unique pair of table lamps. Jean Claude Dresse (1946) is a Belgian artist and designer. He graduated from the art academy in Charleroi. His interest in the visual artist is clearly visible in his furniture designs as he uses artistic techniques such as mosaic and etchings. He makes use of precious metals such as brass and copper. Together with his father he was a prominent figure in the furniture business in the 1980s and he belongs to the artistic Walloon school that focused on glamorous esthetics. When his father died and the market was more difficult, he could not continue to make the furniture on his own so he became a visual artist.