Mantis Wall Lamps
$1,308.00
$1,308.00
The Mantis Wall Lamp by DCW éditions Paris strikes a balance between whimsy and practicality. This fixture boasts a thin steel body with full 360-degrees rotation from its base, while an intentionally misshapen lampshade acts as the head. The shade itself helps to create a focused and direct light wherever it’s pointed. This piece is simple enough in an overall design that it can be easily affixed in most modern homes, functioning best in bedrooms or living rooms.
Categories: DCW EDITIONS, Wall/ceiling Item Code(s):N/A
Manufacturer: | DCW éditions |
Material: | Steel, aluminium, brass |
Finish: | Available in black satin or grey green |
Certifications: | Black satin: ETL certified Grey green: CE certified |
IP Rating: | 20 |
Dimensions: | - |
Cord Length: | Available in 60,24 ” or 28,15 ” |
Light Source: | Bulb E14 |
Power: | 11W |
Lumens/CRI: | 1130Lm / 85 |
Designer

BERNARD SCHOTTLANDER
Bernard Schottlander was born in Mainz, Germany in 1924 and moved to England in 1939. After serving with the British Army in India, he learnt to weld and took a course in Sculpture at Leeds College of Art and subsequently – with the help of a bursary – at the Anglo-French art centre in St John’s Wood. Bernard Schottlander described himself as a designer for interiors and a sculptor for exteriors. After several successful years as an industrial designer, Bernard Schottlander chose to concentrate on sculpture. In the late 1950’s he established a workshop in North London where he was ably assisted for many years by George Nash. From 1965 he taught metalwork at St Martins School of Art. In the same year he was part of the group show Six Artists at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and in the following year (1966) had his first solo show at the Hamilton Galleries, London.
Movement is intrinsic to all of Schottlander’s work : an artist, an engineer and in no small measure a handyman, he devised a clever system of counterweights combined with a series of strong and flexible metal bars. The shade also is unique of its kind. Like an acrobat suspended in mid-air, it is made from aluminium using spinning and chasing techniques that are a part of the metalworker’s inventory of skills, but to which he has brought his sculptor’s eye to create a helical movement in which the symmetrical and the asymmetrical are in opposition.