Georges churns out carefully crafted lights – with serious thought given to every step, every element. Before the talented makers at Georges even begin to begin shaping and molding the fixture of the petal lampss, the materials must be sourced and selected. The team thumbs through their enormous library of materials – Lyonnaise silk, Pyrenean wool, their own wood – and selects something that’s just right. Then, guided by these materials, the artisans let things unfold organically, creating things that seem as if they could have existed all along.

Should cotton be the order of the day, the team has beautiful Normandy cotton to hand. The Georges wool is sourced from a beautiful sheep farm in the Pyrenees or from the Valgaudemar Valley in the Hautes-Alpes. The shepherds weave the wool by hand before passing it over to Mylene and her team, so they receive only the finest.

Lyonnaise silk is also a favourite material at Georges, though antique linens abound as well. The linen collection is an ever-growing one, as the team picks up bits and bobs from brocantes and surplus stores year after year. From the Pyrenees-Atlantiques to the Haute-Pyrenees to the Haute Garonne, all corners of France afford Georges with the opportunity to uncover treasures.

After Mylene hammers out the details of each new prototype, a Georges object really comes to life in the expert hands of her team of craftsmen. These thirty artisans set to work in the beautiful Chateau de Meritein. Whether they’re producing subtly scented candles, elegant stools, sweeping light fixtures or earthy linens, a thread of continuity runs through their work. Each piece is pure, distilled down to its most essential form, and crafted to feel as if it sprung from the earth naturally. 

They make their own magical potions, brewing flour, and natural pigments together to create the paint they’ll use to colour the cotton. Bordeaux, ochres, indigo and pastels are also used to hand-dye the cotton, ensuring rich yet subtle hues for all.

The table is crafted from Orriule stoneware. While more complicated pieces are produced using ecological materials. The team honors the natural state of their materials, leaving them in their rawest form or treating them gently (hand-dyeing, polishing with steel wool to restore shine).

How long is the delivery time?

As you've read the petal lights are handmade to order in the Béarnaise countryside of France. Manufacturing time is 6 weeks. Please allow another 5 days for delivery.... trust us it's worth the wait.