AR1 Floor Lamp Abraham & Rol
Collection Disderot Collection · 1964
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The label
- Designer
- Disderot
- Collection
- Disderot Collection
- Year
- 1964
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The story
The AR1 is a floor lamp designed by Janine Abraham and Dirk-Jan Rol, reissued by Disderot from the original French publisher's specifications.
The design is built around a formal contrast that recurs throughout the Abraham & Rol work for Disderot: warm dark walnut against cool polished chrome. A rectangular shade crafted from dark brown walnut uses exposed dovetail joinery as both construction method and surface detail. The slender chrome pole supporting the shade is adjustable, and it meets the base at a pyramidal wooden plinth. Clean lines, close tolerances, no ornament beyond what construction requires.
The shade is solid walnut with dovetail joinery. The pole is polished chrome. The base is a pyramidal walnut plinth. Disderot produces the AR1 as a numbered reissue, each piece accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Abraham and Rol designed the AR series for Disderot during the postwar decades, treating the floor lamp as a piece of furniture in its own right. The series also includes the AR70 table lamp, available separately in the Disderot collection on Monde Singulier.
About Disderot
Disderot is a French lighting publisher focused on reviving lamps conceived during the postwar decades of French modernism, from the 1950s through the 1970s. The house works from the archive of the Ateliers Pierre Disderot, a lighting publisher that collaborated with architects and independent designers throughout that era.
The approach is archival rather than interpretive. Each reissue follows the original specifications, manufactured in France with the same materials: aluminium bases, opaline glass lampshades, and the same attention to surface and finish. Every model carries a number and a certificate of authenticity, a distinction that matters in a category where undocumented reproductions circulate alongside certified editions.
Delivery
Every piece is packed and shipped under insurance, from the workshop to you. White glove delivery (unpacking, installation, packaging removal) is available on request. Delivery is not charged at checkout: we send you a quote within 24 business hours of your order. You have 5 days to accept and pay it (secure payment link or bank transfer), otherwise your order is cancelled and fully refunded.
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