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INFRARED LAMPS BY CHARLOTTE PERRIAND FOR PHILLIPS, NETHERLANDS, 1950s
The Philips Infraphil model 7525 was designed to be used therapeutically to relieve muscle pain.
It was manufactured in the early 1950s and is associated with the French architect Charlotte Perriand. However, and contrary to the information found and provided on the internet by sellers, galleries and design platforms, Charlotte was not the creator of this model. The real reason her name is associated with this piece has to do with the use of an image of this lamp, used in an exhibition in which Charlotte took part.
See the real story below.
Made of ivory lacquered metal and red anodized aluminum.
They have an attribution mark.
Very good vintage condition, both are working.
"Infraphil" 150 watts maximum, 220-230V
Any type of lamp can be used, but an infrared lamp is preferred.
Dimensions: D20cm x H24cm
The Philips Infraphil model 7525 & Charlotte Perriand
In 2005, a retrospective exhibition of the architect and designer's career was organized at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, displaying documents from the 1949 exhibition "Formes Utiles, objets de notre temps" at the Museé des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
At the exhibition and in the book published for this event in 2005, the objects previously selected by Charlotte Perriand for the 1949 exhibition were wrongly suggested to have been designed by Charlotte Perriand. Since then, the Philips Infraphil heat lamp model 7525 is generally referred to as an object designed by Charlotte Perriand.
The actual designer of the first Philips Infraphil heat lamps is unknown, but is most likely a Philips employee.
Charlotte Perriand
Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and designer.
She was born in 1903 in Paris, where she completed her studies in furniture design at the École de L'Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs in 1925.
From 1927 until 1937, she worked with Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, on furniture and interior design and architectural projects. During this period she helped found the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), a movement made up of decorative artists and architects who tried to make their work more accessible by using low-cost materials.
In 1937, Charlotte Perriand left Le Corbusier to start her own career, with the aim of creating functional living spaces, believing that better design helps create a better society.
In 1949, Charlotte Perriand took part in the first exhibition of the "Formes Utiles" movement, a French design group that developed out of the UAM. The exhibition took place at the Museé des Arts Décoratifs in the Louvre Palace in Paris. For this exhibition, Charlotte Perriand presented a selection of works of art and objects, including the Philips Infraphil heat lamp model 7525.
Charlotte Perriand died in 1999 in Paris, aged 96.