Yesterday’s designer influence was a hybrid between an influential designer and a contemporary designer: Maria Pergay. Famous for her skilled and artful use of a powerful material, stainless steel, we chose a table that we think shows her ability to use the material wisely. We also chose a pair of Swank Lighting lamps that would not only look great with a Maria Pergay piece, but which we think she would approve of.
The Chevet (Bedside Table) by Maria Pergay combines the raw and powerful strength of stainless steel with the heady and organic feel of wood for this seductive mixture. It’s a functional bedside table, yes, but it’s also an amazing piece of art. Curvilinear shapes dominate the piece, as the wood and steel seem to both fight and combine to create the table. The hidden door of the piece is a pleasant and jaw-dropping surprise. We love how everything works together but also how it creates a lot of drama with two visually dueling materials.
All Swank Lighting lamps tend to have a level of delicacy to them. It’s the nature of the art form: glass is a highly delicate material, and so the pieces often have an innate vulnerability to them. These
Dino Martens Latticino Tower Murano Lamps on Beveled Lucite take the cake, though. The white cane filigree of these lamps creates an intricate cross-hatch design that both give the lamp a fabulous texture but also the impression that it is a delicate, delicate piece of décor. That in itself makes the piece feel even more valuable, like it could be broken at anytime and should be enjoyed immediately!
We thought to combine this Pergay piece and these Swank Lighting lamps for many reasons. The color palette is an obvious choice; the white of the lamps is a strong yet comfortable complement to the natural colors of the wood and the shiny silver of the metal. But it is the interesting dynamic between what each piece represents that we really sought to combine the three. The table represents strength by showcasing the flexibility of two sturdy materials: wood and metal. The masculinity of the piece is overwhelming. The lamps, on the other hand, embrace their vulnerability by really highlighting just how delicate they are. Together, the pieces both raise up their strengths and downplay their weaknesses to create a really visually stunning composition.
The Chevet (Bedside Table) by Maria Pergay combines the raw and powerful strength of stainless steel with the heady and organic feel of wood for this seductive mixture. It’s a functional bedside table, yes, but it’s also an amazing piece of art. Curvilinear shapes dominate the piece, as the wood and steel seem to both fight and combine to create the table. The hidden door of the piece is a pleasant and jaw-dropping surprise. We love how everything works together but also how it creates a lot of drama with two visually dueling materials.
All Swank Lighting lamps tend to have a level of delicacy to them. It’s the nature of the art form: glass is a highly delicate material, and so the pieces often have an innate vulnerability to them. These Dino Martens Latticino Tower Murano Lamps on Beveled Lucite take the cake, though. The white cane filigree of these lamps creates an intricate cross-hatch design that both give the lamp a fabulous texture but also the impression that it is a delicate, delicate piece of décor. That in itself makes the piece feel even more valuable, like it could be broken at anytime and should be enjoyed immediately!
We thought to combine this Pergay piece and these Swank Lighting lamps for many reasons. The color palette is an obvious choice; the white of the lamps is a strong yet comfortable complement to the natural colors of the wood and the shiny silver of the metal. But it is the interesting dynamic between what each piece represents that we really sought to combine the three. The table represents strength by showcasing the flexibility of two sturdy materials: wood and metal. The masculinity of the piece is overwhelming. The lamps, on the other hand, embrace their vulnerability by really highlighting just how delicate they are. Together, the pieces both raise up their strengths and downplay their weaknesses to create a really visually stunning composition. 
