Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
The light that emanates from Feldman Lighting Company’s decorative chandeliers, pendants and sconces — encased in sculpted bronze and copper and frequently featuring motifs drawn from the natural world — embodies the brutalist movement of the mid-20th century.
The Los Angeles firm’s best known fixtures were produced in various styles from the late 1940s until the 1980s, and its most notable designer, Tom Greene was a graduate of UCLA’s dental school and originally worked as a dental prosthetist.
Beginning in the 1950s, when he wasn't at work in his dental lab, Greene would craft small jewelry pieces utilizing techniques that were typically reserved for making dental crowns and other prosthetics. Unsatisfied with jewelry as a medium, Greene stepped it up and began crafting free-form sculptures from brass and bronze, using an oxyacetylene torch to cut and heat the metal, and hammering it into shape with artisan tools (a torch-cut lamp of Greene’s appeared on Star Trek during the 1960s). He also worked with the ancient technique of lost-wax casting, which sees metal objects and furnishings cast from wax models.
Greene began producing fixtures for Lightolier and Feldman Lighting in the 1970s after seeing much success selling his pieces through Los Angeles furniture retailer and manufacturer Monteverdi-Young. Greene made numerous custom pieces for Feldman to adorn the Hollywood Regency-themed interiors of its Beverly Hills clientele.
The Feldman Lighting company folded by the mid-1980s and its vintage fixtures are highly valued by interior designers and collectors today.
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1970s Hong Kong Chinoiserie Vintage Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Clay, Ceramic
Late 20th Century Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass
20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Baroque Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Stone
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass
1960s Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Vintage Feldman Lighting Co. Figurative Sculptures
Brass