“By reinventing the Zénith icon, Mille Fleurs plays on the tension between soft curves and sharp lines, between a precise, almost architectural structure and a decorative richness with a baroque spirit.” Bethan Laura Wood
Baccarat unveils Mille Fleurs, the result of a collaboration with British designer Bethan Laura Wood. Renowned for her passion for color, material and craftsmanship, she offers a contemporary reinterpretation of Baccarat’s Zénith chandelier, originally designed in the mid-19th century.
Bethan Laura Wood deconstructs this icon of light to draw a new silhouette suited to all spaces: a modular construction made of rings, to be arranged horizontally or assembled vertically according to desire. Drawing from Baccarat’s archives, she revisits the emblematic codes of the Zénith – twisted arms, octagons and prisms – enriching them with floral elements from the Maison’s repertoire and signature components from her own artistic universe. The chromatic palette intensifies this expression. Clear crystal dialogues with color – olivine, parma violet, amber, turquoise – revealing an organic creation with an assumed extravagance.
The chandelier fully affirms its futuristic dimension. Together, the rings form a vortex of light that projects the object into a singular imaginary: a vision suspended somewhere between a science-fiction wormhole and the interlacing of Elizabethan garters.
With the Mille Fleurs collection, also composed of wall lights and decorative pieces, Baccarat’s heritage becomes a field of free and resolutely contemporary experimentation.
images by Nicolas Receveur