Vitra Angel Candle Holder
ANGEL CANDLE HOLDER
ANGEL CANDLE HOLDER
Designed By Alexander Girard, 1953
Together with his friends Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson, Alexander Girard was one of the leading figures in American design during the post-war period. While textiles were the primary focus of Girard's oeuvre, he was also admired for his work in the areas of furniture design, graphics, exhibitions and interior architecture.
Girard made the Angel Candle Holder for his home in Santa Fe, where it stood on the dining table surrounded by folk art and vases. He also used the motif in graphic designs for 'The Magic of a People', an exhibit of folk art created by Girard in 1968 for the International Exposition 'HemisFair '68' in San Antonio, Texas. Vitra collaborated with the Girard family to develop the white candle holder for serial production in powder-coated steel.
INFORMATION
MATERIAL
- Powder Coated Steel
DESIGNER
Alexander Girard
in 1953
DIMENSION
- Width : 198/7.7"
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DESIGNER
ALEXANDER GIRARD
Born in 1907 in New York City, Alexander Girard was one of the leading figures of postwar American design, along with his close friends and colleagues George Nelson and Charles & Ray Eames.
The primary focus of his wide-ranging oeuvre was textile design. Girard created numerous fabrics for the Herman Miller Company, favouring abstract forms and geometric patterns in a wide variety of colour compositions.
Many of his upholstery fabrics remain as timely and vital as ever and are still manufactured and utilised by Vitra today.
Having originally studied architecture, Girard made a name for himself over his long career in the fields of furniture, exhibition, interior and graphic design. Moreover, he was one of the world's most important collectors of folk art. The objects and textiles acquired by Girard on his extensive travels provided him with a rich source of inspiration and ideas.
When Rolf Fehlbaum, the son of Vitra's founding family, first visited Alexander Girard and his wife Susan at their Santa Fe home in 1960, Fehlbaum wrote a letter to his parents telling of the deep impression it had made on him, and describing it as the most fascinating house he had ever seen in the United States.
Vitra and the Vitra Design Museum have devoted themselves to the reappraisal and revival of Alexander Girard's work over the past several years. The growing Girard collection in Vitra's product portfolio includes his painted Wooden Dolls, the Environmental Enrichment Panels and various furniture pieces and objects, along with his distinctive fabric designs.
After Alexander Girard's death in 1993, his heirs donated the Girard archive (comprising hundreds of drawings, prototypes and samples) to the Vitra Design Museum. In 2016/17, the museum mounted the exhibition 'Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe'.
