Italian Murano "Pulegoso" Glass Handblown Floor Lamp

A beautiful pair of antique Italian hand carved alabaster lamps / torcheres depicting Venus and a cupid. One is a classic allegory to Titian's painting "Venus with a Mirror". Much li...

A large pair of ormolu and Lapis Lazuli mounted 19-light torcheres lamps. Each with two tiers of scrolling branches, raised on triangular base with the supports terminating in claw f...

A pair of large French Napoleon III style metal thirteen-light figural torchières.depicting two winged cherubs holding up a thirteen-light torchère, standing on bases with gold highl...

This very fine life-size patinated bronze figural torchere modeled as a classically clad female musician holding a mandolin and a torch. This symbolic representation of Music, falls within Coutan’s allegorical work. The sculpture stands on a period carved wood pedestal. Inscribed on base: Coutan, Thiébaut Frères, Fondeurs. Total Height: 101″ (259 cm) Bronze height: 67″ (170.1 cm) Pedestal Height: 34" (86.3 cm) Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) is considered to be one of the most gifted French sculptors and designers of the 19th and early 20th centuries Coutan studied under the renowned Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle (1889), one of the two prominent sculptural commissions for the Exposition grounds.[1] Later he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900, where he expressed his disdain for the researches of Rodin— fumiste—[2] and the Impressionist sculptors who followed him. Coutan was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905.[3] Coutan is best known in the United States for the sculptural group above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For Grand Central Terminal, Coutan was contracted to provide a quarter-size scale plaster model of the three-figure allegorical Transportation group, which he developed from 1911 through 1914. The carving was performed by the William Bradley & Son of Long Island City.[4] Among Coutan's students were Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Raymond Delamarre...

A pair of large French parcel-gilt patinated bronze and rouge marble 13-light torchieres after the models by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). Each torchere modeled as a c...

A large and impressive original Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo glass vase. colourless glass with a degrading amber layer overlaid in brown blue and green, e...

An exceptional pair of tall blue glass & mirrored gold floor lamps with brass detailing. These lamps are completely hand crafted in Milan for RKade S...

Unique lamp made of handblown Murano glass by -most probably- Vistosi, one of the most acclaimed Venetian lighting manufacturers. Due to the thick...

An absolutely stunning vintage Italian Murano glass floor lamp, dating from around the 1950-60’s. This is of exceptional quality, with...

Beautiful Italian Murano white glass floor lamp manufacturing in the 1970s.

Italian vintage floor lamp with black metal base and Murano glass shade. The lamp has been newly sprayed. It has an original dimmer switch that allows you to reduce the intensity of ...

Murano glass floor lamp. Structure in walnut wood, iron and steel. Four lights, two for each of the two Murano glass cylinders. You can fire the cylinders individually or both. Small...