In celebration of MATERIA’s fifteen year anniversary, we are pleased to introduce a very special collection of handmade goatskin parchment PAILLETTE lampshades, designed to compliment the PLATEAU collection of table and floor lamps that launched earlier this year.

Similarly to a couture dress, the series of lampshades are comprised of hundreds (the largest size has nearly one thousand) of goatskin parchment sequins, each meticulously hand-sewn onto a sculpted bronze mesh armature, also created entirely by hand.  

The PAILLETTE shades were conceived of not only as a response to the design studio’s constant question of how to utilize drop materials from our other products, but as a kinetic and whimsical juxtaposition to the statuesque columnar brass volumes that comprise the PLATEAU lighting collection.

As is the case with all of our goatskin parchment and leather, the PAILLETTE material comes from a family owned tannery in the Hudson Valley and is all from the food waste stream.