Aloes

Raising its fleshy leaves in tight, toothed rosettes, instinctively sculptural, the aloe is a wonder of the desert. From the Arabian peninsula to Mediterranean cloisters, from medieval apothecaries to the bouquets of Art Deco interiors, this species has crossed the centuries and the continents: cast in bronze by Chrystiane Charles in a first table-lamp version, the leaf of this sconce — drawn by her son Laurent Charles — keeps its geometry and its tension, majestic, enclosing a cup of sandblasted glass.