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Rare Degue Art Deco Pair of Pendants Chandeliers, 1920
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A real pair of antique light fixtures is rare. Here is one. On this subject, the price of a pair of antique light fixtures is not twice the price of the unit, but more. We have tried to do our best here. Pair of French Art Deco Pendant Chandeliers by Degué, from the 1920s. This stunning pair of French Art Deco pendant chandeliers by Degué (Compiègne, France) from the 1920s epitomizes the elegance and craftsmanship of the Art Deco era. Featuring white frosted glass shades suspended from a sleek nickel-plated fixture, each chandelier is accented with stamped brass links, showcasing the quality and design excellence for which Degué is renowned. The glass shades feature the characteristic frosted geometric design of the period.
Each pendant is marked “Degué” within the motif, ensuring its authenticity and providing a direct link to the Degué glassworks, one of the leading producers of French Art Deco glass. These chandeliers reflect the bold geometric shapes and understated frosted glass that emerged in response to the economic changes of the 1930s. Despite some minor flaws inherent in the glassmaking techniques of the period, the condition is very good, preserving their historical and aesthetic value.
Dimensions:
Height: 50 cm (19.7 in)
Diameter: 21.5 cm (8.5 in)
In very good condition, with minor age-related imperfections typical of the glassmaking methods of the period.
Comes wired for your country (US, UK, EU, China, Australia, etc).
LED compatible for modern use.
Degué was the brainchild of David Guéron (1892 – 1950). Born in Turkey to Spanish Jewish parents, he fled scandal at the age of 22 by joining the French Foreign Legion in 1914, only to be sent to the Western Front, where he was wounded and then pensioned out of the army.
Following the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, he set up his glassworks in Compiègne, about 50 miles northeast of Paris, to produce tableware and other functional glass. Compiègne had been the site of the Great War Armistice. In 1926, the year after the successful Paris Exhibition, Guéron moved into the more lucrative production of French art glass.
He opened Verrerie d’Art Degué in Paris, a glassworks at Boulevard Malesherbes along with a gallery at 41, avenue de Paris to promote the art glass he named “Degué”. His cameo glass designs leaned heavily toward natural motifs, but also used brilliant colors that became his signature. His internally decorated vases, lamps and lampshades met instant success. Another Degué line used a sandblasting method to decorate monochromatic vessels with graphic devices and designs.
The Degué factory made vases, paperweights, bowls, perfume bottles, stemware items such as liqueur glasses, lightshades, chandeliers, art glass lamps, and half-round ceiling lampshades. These shades were composed of translucent layers of colourless glass internally decorated by swirls of color.
Degué glass was destined for the collections of the few privileged Americans and French able to afford them. These extravagant works were rarely seen outside the homes of such collectors but influenced the taste and fashions of the day through their appearance in exhibitions and magazines of the late 1920s. The glassware made up to 1930 was colourful, whereas the items made after 1930 were frosted and more subdued, in response to the Great Depression.
Not content with the success of his own designs, Guéron copied the Art Deco designs of Charles Schneider (Muller Frères too). The resultant litigation lasted for six long years, until 1932 when the case was settled out of court. Both companies were financially devastated by the process.
However, the great artistic fame of the Degué glassworks is due to the collaboration with the talentuous French ceramist Edouard Cazaux from 1928. This famed ceramist is the author of some remarkable molded models. These ones are very stylized in a very thick molded glass to represent strong and geometric patterns.
The French ocean liner, Normandie is a showcase of French style and taste, but, above all, a symbol of France’s dominance of the luxury market. The Cristalleries de Compiègne ( Degué) was given the commission to create 6000 individual crafted glass panels for the room’s walls. This fabrication of hammered and chiseled panels with their engraved diamond patterns and eglomise finishes by famed French glass painter Auguste Labouret, was the largest assignment ever undertaken by the firm.
In 1936, due to the great strikes, the Degué glassworks stopped operating. It was officially closed in 1939 at the outbreak of WWII.
Sadly the Normandie caught fire and capsized in New York Harbour in February 1942. Fortunately, some of the great works that graced the ship were removed before the fire and can still be seen today.
- Creator:David Gueron Degue (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Diameter: 8.47 in (21.5 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Power Source:Hardwired
- Lampshade:Included
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1920
- Condition:Delivered wired for your country (US, UK, EU, China, etc). LED can be used.
- Seller Location:Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2312343865252
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