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French Art Deco Original Frosted Art Glass Chandelier Signed Degue

$5,500
£4,131.75
€4,764.58
CA$7,631.97
A$8,480.80
CHF 4,444.03
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Fabulous French Art Deco 4 panel plus center signed chandelier featuring beautiful molded and frosted scalloped edge glass panels of stylized floral motif along with matching square molded center glass. Each rectangular panel is signed Degue. The whole is supported by an original polished nickeled bronze armature bearing four tubular stems with decorative surround, capped by a matching geometric motif canopy. Can be lengthened/ shortened or plated for a surcharge Rewired for American use with six candelabra sockets that can house either LED's or incandescent bulbs. Degué was founded by David Guéron (1892 – 1950). "David Gueron, of Turkish origin and a former fighter of the French Foreign Legion, was the founder of the "Cristalleries De Compiegne". This glassworks mainly produced household glass in the early 1920's. David Gueron soon discovered that he wanted more with his capacities in the glass industry. In 1926 he founded a new factory, which he called "Verrerie D'Art Degue" and put his full attention on the designing and production of Art Deco luxury art-glass. His factory was located on the "Boulevard Malesherbes" and his showroom was on the "41 rue de Paris". Gueron mainly produced vases, lamps and colorful chandeliers. From 1928, Degué collaborated with the French ceramist Edouard Cazaux. This collaboration produced wonderful items with strong geometric designs in very thick, more subdued frosted molded glass. It is for these items that Degué is possibly best known. Degué was commissioned to create 6000 individual crafted glass panels for the French ocean liner SS Normandie which was launched in 1935. (The Normandie was seized by US authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette and in 1942 whilst being converted to a troopship caught fire and capsized in New York harbor.) The Degué glassworks stopped operating in 1936 due to the great strikes and was officially closed when David Gueron shut his glassworks co. in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War. He fled France and was last seen in Paris in 1949. His factory in Compiegne still stands and is nowadays owned by a company selling tiles and doorframes. The old furnace downstairs still has glass melted to its walls. Lantern, English country house, Modern, Rococo, Italian design, Modernist, Industrial, Hollywood Regency, lustre, ceiling light, luminaire, floral blossom.
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Diameter: 16 in (40.64 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1930
  • Condition:
    Rewired: Rewired for American specs . Wear consistent with age and use. Wear consistent with age and use. Original nickel finish and glass in good condition with minor scratches, flea bite wear, imperfections, mottling, barely visible and commensurate with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    New York City, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU901325835632

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