French Lunel space age early 1960/ 1970 chandelier sputnik mid century

In 1957 the Soviet Union launch the first man made satellite in space which created a space age esthetic in the early 1960 , the picture of the sputnik clearly inspired this 1960s–1970s Space Age Mid-Century Modern Sputnik chandelier, most likely originating from Lunel or a competitor , French production lighting fixtures from the 1960s natively use B22 bayonet socket bases  which is the case with this chandelier .

Raymond Lunel , originally a trained Parisian electrician drew heavy inspiration from the precision engineering, aerodynamic profiles, and functional mechanisms of the contemporary aeronautical industry.

Today it feel reassuring in its optimistic retro believing that modernity was going to resolve everything

Size H.26 x W. 30 in , original B22 socket working condition .

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