Pair of gilt and verdigris bronze Regency style Table Lamps
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Pair of gilt and verdigris bronze Regency style Table Lamps
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Pair of gilt and verdigris bronze Regency style Table Lamps:
with domed frosted glass shades, with flambeau finials, forming a sphere with pierced Greek Key gilt mount; supported by three monopodiae with lionheads bearing gilt laurel wreaths; on a tri-form gilt base.
Circa 1920s, made for electricity and restored.
Height: | 32" | - | 81.0cm |
Width: | 12½" | - | 32.0cm |
Glossary Words
gilded, gilt
A very thin layer of gold applied to brass or bronze.
verdigris
A green deposit which forms on copper or brass when left to weather, or artificially induced by coating with dilute acetic acid.
Regency
Named after the Prince Regent, later George IV, circa 1810 to 1830, the term is also used more widely to describe the prevailing English neo-classical style between the 1790s and 1840. In lighting, they used multiple cut-glass prisms to achieve as many reflections as possible such as 'double-stars' and 'icicles'. Two chandelier designs typical of this period are the colza oil dish light and the balloon-shaped chandelier with graduated chains of prisms.
flambeau
Literally, the French word for flame.
finial
Ornament forming a finishing flourish.