This Fabulous Late 19th to Early 20th is in Perfect to Mint Condition! Standing 23.5" tall to the top of the Shade x 15" wide with the Beautiful Cream Silk Custom Shade, stands on a Footed Wooden Base. The Figures and Flowers all Hand-Painted in Exquisite Detail are a Perfect Example of Classic Meissen at it's Finest. Marked on the Bottom as shown in the pictures that one must look at and enlargen to enjoy! Serious Inquiries are Welcome for this Rare Find!
19th Century Capo Di Monte Porcelain Cherub Lamp. The Capo di Monte insignia on back. Custom parchment shade and custom base. 29”H x 23"W (with shade). Capodimonte: The relief style, highly colored and defined porcelain pieces are commonly called and identified in our current market place as Capo-di-Monte. It was King Ferdinand IV, son of King Charles who opened a factory in Naples in 1771 and began to use the mark of the blue crown N (BCN). When the factory closed in 1834, the Ginori family at... Click for details
Late 17th Century Spanish Column made into a Lamp with custom marble base and handpainted parchment shade. Two available; extra discount given with purchase of pair. The monumental 17th Century Spanish columns were brown and green when purchased; our restorer lined the column with silver gilding with a faint red patina. Our specialty stone contractor drilled a small hole through the center for wiring purposes and cut matching custom marble bases. The custom parchment shade is handpainted dark re... Click for details
French Porcelain Lamp, With silk shade. 33.5”H
Classicism - in the arts, historical tradition or aesthetic attitudes based on the art of Greece and Rome in antiquity. In the context of the tradition, Classicism refers either to the art produced in antiquity or to later art inspired by that of antiquity; Neoclassicism always refers to the art produced later but inspired by antiquity. Thus the terms Classicism and Neoclassicism are often used interchangeably.
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19th Century Classical French Antique Lamp. Image of man in battle, located below woman’s feet, glows from a bright light placed in the hollow marble base. Custom parchment, newly French wired. 40”H with shade, 24”H to top of woman’s head, 22.5”W, 15.5”D. Lifestyle Antiques provides free shipping logistical support, responsive customer service, and accurate information to all of our clients – seven days a week. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Have questions about what you see? Call us. We ar... Click for details
Pair of 19th Century French Gold Gilt Chenet Lamps with Custom Shades, mirrored design. Mounted on black base and French wired. These unique, antique French lamps measure 35”H. A chenet is a word we use to describe a fireplace decoration, such as an andiron. What is an andiron? One of a pair of horizontal iron bars upon which wood is supported in an open fireplace. The oldest of fireplace furnishings, andirons were used widely from the Late Iron Age. The andiron stands on short legs and usuall... Click for details
Pair of 18th Century Polychromed Wooden Cherubs recently mounted as lamps; French wired and adorned with custom handpainted parchment shades. Good condition. Small cracks around bases of wings. Bottoms of feet on base lined with non-scratch felt. 22”H, 10.5” diameter of square shade, 10.5” diameter of custom base. History of cherubs: plural Cherubim, in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature, a celestial winged being with human, animal, or birdlike characteristics who functions as a throne... Click for details
A pair Chinese Tole Lamps, Gold/Brown, with square custom parchment shades, tall brass finials. Gold ribbon pattern. 33”H, 20” diameter.
What is tole? any object of japanned (varnished) tinplate and pewter. The term is derived from the French name for such objects, tôle peinte. The tinplate sheets of iron or steel dipped in molten tin or pewter (an alloy of tin and copper) were worked into a variety of domestic and decorative items, such as teapots, trays, urns, and candlesticks. The objects t... Click for details
Antique Danish Bisque of Venus de Milo transformed into a Lamp. Mounted on a silver base with red highlights. Custom silver lined handpainted parchment shade. French wired. This fine Italian lamp is approximately 30" tall. The significance of Venus de Milo: ancient statue of Aphrodite, now in Paris at the Louvre Museum. Carved by a sculptor of Antioch on the Maeander River in about 150 BC, it was found on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820. The general composition derives from a 4th-century Cori... Click for details
19th Century French Porcelain Lamp with yellow, lavender and orange-rose colored flowers growing on a leafy vine climbing up the length of the neck. Bouquet designs of the same pattern center each of the four sides on the square base. Soft lavender lines the top and bottom of the custom parchment shade. This French antique lamp is 36”H, 19” diameter of round shade, 6” diameter of square base. * Porcelain trivia: In the second half of the 17th century much interest was taken in both faience and... Click for details
