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Elsa Foulon
Orphée
Ceiling & Pendant Lamps · Collection Elsa Foulon Collection
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Made to order · 17 weeks
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The label
W 15.4 × D 22.8 × H 9.8 in
Finishes · 2
| Size | Dimensions | Materials | Availability | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Small | W 39 × D 58 × H 25 cm | Ceramic and brass | Made to order 17 weeks | Price on request |
Medium | W 50 × D 70 × H 30 cm | Ceramic and brass | Made to order 17 weeks | Price on request |
The story
The Orphée is a semi-flush ceiling light by Elsa Foulon, from the Elsa Foulon Collection, produced in her Parisian studio.
Its primary element is a large, undulated ceramic panel in off-white, the surface carrying a subtle textured finish that catches light differently across the wave of the form. Below this panel, a smaller curved white diffuser is suspended from the same central brass rod, smoother in surface and lighter in apparent weight. The two elements share the same palette but differ in scale, curvature, and texture, creating a composition that rewards close attention.
The brass canopy and central rod are finished in warm gold, kept minimal in dimension so the ceramic carries the visual weight. Foulon shapes the undulated panel by hand in her studio, working the clay at the leather-hard stage before firing.
Orphée, within the Elsa Foulon Collection, sits among Foulon's most architecturally scaled works: a ceiling fitting that operates as a ceramic sculpture when viewed from below, the light emerging through the lower diffuser while the upper panel holds the form.
About Elsa Foulon
Elsa Foulon came to ceramics through a different door. The daughter of an antique dealer and later a dealer in 20th-century decorative arts herself, she spent years building a visual archive of objects made with conviction. That accumulation now shapes her approach: ceramic lighting fixtures conceived as sculpture, forms simultaneously free and precise, their sensibility drawn from both artistic instinct and hard-won technique.
The medium resisted the scale she wanted. Large-format ceramic work demands a kind of problem-solving that goes beyond craft, so she developed her own plate technique and proprietary materials, achieving generous volumes without sacrificing the structural lightness her organic forms require. The Antigone series, whose pendant and wall versions seem to float against any surface, is where this technical resolution becomes most visible.
In her Parisian studio, what drives the work is what she calls the beauty of the ancestral gesture: the interval between idea and object, long and never predictable. Fire shapes each piece in its own way. The clay carries the impression of her hands. Light installed inside the hollow of a sculpture reveals, rather than conceals, the roughness of the material.
Her work is presented on Monde Singulier, where signature pieces from the Elsa Foulon Collection include the Venus wall sconce and the Selene pendant.
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Delivery and terms
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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As our pieces are made to order or one of a kind, they cannot be returned or exchanged.