Object Description
This is a monumental pair of Art Deco glass column table lamps with superb golden silk shades, Circa 1920 in date.
The lamps each feature gilded decoration and a fluted Doric column with facetted capital and base, raised on a square ormolu pedestal.
These table lamps are truly magnificent and will lend your reception or dining room an incredible ambience.
Condition:
These lamps are in full working order, rewired and ready for use, please see photos for confirmation of their condition.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 67 cm x Width 15 cm x Depth 15 cm – Lamp
Height 84 cm x Width 36 cm x Depth 22 cm – With shade
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 2 inches x Width 6 inches x Depth 6 inches – Lamp
Height 2 foot, 9 inches x Width 1 foot, 2 inches x Depth 9 inches – With shade
Art Deco or Deco,
is an influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s, flourished internationally during the 30s and 40s.
It is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Ageimagery and materials. The style is often characterized by rich colours, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation.
Deco emerged from the Interwar period when rapid industrialization was transforming culture. One of its major attributes is an embrace of technology. This distinguishes Deco from the organic motifs favored by its predecessor Art Nouveau.
Historian Bevis Hillier defined Art Deco as “an assertively modern style…[that] ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded to the demands of the machine and of new material…[and] the requirements of mass production”.
During its heyday Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress.
Our reference: A5101