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Pair of Decorative Tole lamps with Parchment Shades browse these categories for related items... All Items: Lighting: Tabletop: Pre 1910: item #731978
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| Pair of Tole Lamps in a Romanesque Urn Style with handmade parchment shades to compliment the Lamp, H:35" to top of shade,Diameter of shade:19.5". What is tole? It is a any object of japanned (varnished) tinplate and pewter. The term is derived from the French name for such objects, tôle peinte also meaning lacquered or enamelled metal-ware, often gilded. 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 then were japanned with a varnish that differed from area to area but was generally based on a mixture of linseed oil, driers, and colours. The trade began in Europe in the first half of the 18th century, a little later in the United States, and had all but ceased by the end of the 19th century. In this process of gilding was from the period of 1790's to 1870's. It was in the traditional tole, oil paint was the medium used, where two or more colors were used on the brush to complete each element of the design, painted wet on wet with one stoke, such as referred to as 'one stroke painting'. All of these elements were then built up to complete the design, such as in this lamp a very classical genre. LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting. | ||||||||||
