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La Mante Religieuse
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La Mante Religieuse is a sculptural floor lamp produced exclusively for Monde Singulier, the result of a collaboration between Rispal, the historic French lighting house, and sculptor Lucas Castex.
The lamp takes its name from the praying mantis: a multi-legged, biomorphic base in dark hand-sculpted wood supports a pleated, spheroid shade in off-white. The form is slender and organic, the charcoal-stained wood contrasting with the diffused warmth of the light. Where most floor lamps resolve into geometry, this one reads as a figure.
Castex carved the base by hand, selecting the wood variety, grain, and depth of stain in close collaboration with Rispal and Monde Singulier. The textured surface retains the marks of the sculptor's tools. Each lamp is singular.
This handcrafted wood floor lamp is an exclusive edition available only through Monde Singulier, representing Rispal's practice of reinterpreting its mid-century archive through the work of living artists.
Rispal x Lucas Castex brings together a historic French lighting brand and a sculptor whose practice centers on the grain and texture of wood. The pairing produced an exclusive edition of the Mante Religieuse floor lamp, one of the most recognizable silhouettes in 20th-century French lighting design.
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La Mante Religieuse
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