Albert Thiry Lighting

French vintage ceramic table lamp by Albert Thiry (circa 1970s). Not one of his usual subjects or motifs, ceramicist Thiry created the figure - an upright clerical - wearing an old f...

French ceramic lamp Mid-Century Modern by Albert Thiry, 1960s, era Blin One beautiful glazed ceramic bedside lamp with an engraved and hand-painted flower decor. It is a very beautiful work of glaze, soft and silky, all in delicacy. The dark clay is covered with a glaze in the white-chalk and green-water tones loved by the ceramist. The flower motifs are engraved leaving the clay visible under the clear glaze. Ochre-red tones come to warm up the whole. In very good condition. Signed under the base. circa 1960. h: 28cm (with the lamp shade, 12cm just the lamp base without the socket) d: 16cm ----------- Albert Thiry (1923-2009) Ceramist from Nice, he studied at the School of Decorative Arts in the city. He settled with his wife Pyot Gavaudan in 1943 in the pottery village of Vallauris. There he continued his training as a ceramist in various workshops, notably that of Charles Voltz...