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Pair of French Chinoiserie style faience, glass, and gilt bronze lamps

Creator: Longwy (Attributed)
Offered by: Mayfair Gallery

Description
Pair of French Chinoiserie style faience, glass, and gilt bronze lamps
French, late 19th Century
Height 75cm, diameter 18cm

Each lamp in this pair is wrought from exquisite faience (attributed to Longwy), gilt bronze, and fine crystal glass (by Cristallerie de Pantin, one of the glass tubes featuring Pantin's sticker). The faience is in the Chinoiserie style so in vogue in France in the latter 19th Century. The body of each lamp is profusely decorated with floral motifs in faience, and is raised by a fine gilt bronze base. The faience body of each is surmounted by gilt bronze and gilt metal lamp apparatus, which in turn is mounted with a cylindrical glass tube and a spherical lampshade. The lamps are wonderfully formed, their curvilinear bodies complementing the flowing Chinoiserie floral motifs of the faience.

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Faience, glass, ormolu.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	16460
Incollect Reference #:	393398

Dimensions

H.	29.53 in;	Diam.	7.09 in;
H.	75 cm;	Diam.	18 cm;

Message from Seller:

Mayfair Gallery is a leading gallery in the field of art and antiques, holding a large collection of unique pieces for sale. The breadth of the gallery’s collection is wide, and includes items from a range of periods, styles and geographical origins, as well as works by famous artists and craftsmen. The main focus of the gallery’s collection is, however, on items produced during the 19th and early 20th century.