Bellevue Floor Lamp AJ7

The singular sensation that started it all- and continues to shed a light on modern design nearly a century later. Design legend Arne Jacobsen initially conceived the AJ2 Floor Lamp in 1929, the first model of what became known as the Bellevue Collection. He fashioned the simple goose-neck silhouette and clean construction to echo the then-budding modernist movement's embrace of the industrial. Consider the use of cast iron in the base, the steel tubing and fabric cord. The 45-degree cut of the brass shade, to shield the eye from direct light, would appear again and again in this icon's work. However, we think the true legacy of the Bellevue Collection- be it this floor lamp, or the desk or wall lights -has to be its modest yet powerful testament to functional simplicity. Mr. Jacobsen's design breakthrough lives on in the 21st Century by way of &Tradition, a modern classic for many futures to come.