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Rare Table Lamp Model Encircled in Carved Flutes by Svend Hammershøi

Creator: Svend Hammershøi (Hammershoj) - Kähler / Kahler
Offered by: BAC

Description
A rare model designed by Svend Hammershøi (1873-1948) for Kähler Keramik, this handsome table lamp in an artistic Skønwirke style (the local Danish flavor of the Arts and Crafts movement) appears to be a dreamy reinterpretation of a Classical fluted column. The base is a cylindrical form, with hand-carved vertical flutes encircling most of its height, with an undulating capital of projecting scotia rings, and a torus ring base set apart by a clever reveal, wonderfully hand-formed and carved in earthenware glazed in a white-black tin-based formulation developed by Jens Thirslund, to articulates the complex surfaces that are a hallmark of Hammershøi's work. Denmark, 1910s-1920s; inscribed "HAK" for Kähler

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Origin:	Denmark
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	Glazed Earthenware
Condition:	Excellent. Ceramic in excellent condition / Newly rewired with new socket and cord
Creation Date:	1910-1925
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts
Incollect Reference #:	263477

Dimensions

H.	12 in;	Diam.	5 in;
H.	30.48 cm;	Diam.	12.7 cm;

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