Alabaster Lanterns

Great shape, floral design and practical size hand carved alabaster pendant / lantern with brass chain and canopy. With twentieth century lighting as one of our specialities in gene...

Great shape and practical size alabaster pendant with blackened metal canopy. With twentieth century lighting as one of our specialities in general and with vintage and antique alab...

Retaining its original canopy and suspended from golden braided ropes, the bowl of convex circular form, both the canopy and bowl with interesting veining

Having its original alabaster canopy and suspended from faded green braided rope, the bowl of this Art Deco pendant lantern is of circular con...

Art Deco Lantern signed Perzel Lantern, entrance light around 1940 structure in gilded brass bronze and alabaster signed Perze. Ectrified and in perfect condition. You can contact me for more information or delivery costs. Material: Bronze, brass and alabaster Diameter: 28cm Height: 65cm Weight: 8 Kg Jean Perzel was born in Bruck, Bavaria (Germany), on May 2, 1892. He learned the profession of glass painter at a very young age in Munich and, at the age of 16, top of his class, he undertook a tour of Europe on foot: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Upper Italy, then France. Along the way, he gets hired in workshops to earn a living and learn the different techniques. He arrived in Paris in 1910, working for a master glassmaker who sent him after a year to carry out important work in Algiers. Returned to Paris in 1914: it was war; he joined the Foreign Legion, was demobilized in 1919 and naturalized French. He still works as a glass painter, particularly at Gruber. From 1920 to 1939, Art Deco revolutionized 20th century architecture and design and saw the birth of the Jean Perzel company, which was to leave its mark on the world of lighting and decoration, by creating lamps and furniture in glass and bronze, which will adorn the most prestigious places. These pieces can be found at the court of the King of the Belgians, at Henry Ford's or at the Rothschild family. He is responsible for organizing the lighting of the SDN in Geneva, the Luxembourg Cathedral, the Canadian Embassy in Lahaye and the liner Normandy. Jean Perzel participates in various international exhibitions and competitions where he wins numerous prizes. His notoriety soon allowed him to highlight the interiors of celebrities or politicians such as the King of Morocco, the King of Siam in Bangkok, the Maharajah of Indore, General de Gaulle and President Georges Pompidou. In 1923, at the age of 31, Jean Perzel specialized in the study of modern interior lighting and founded his company. He set up his showroom and manufacturing workshop on rue de la cité universitaire in the 14th arrondissement. From 1925, Jean Perzel, obsessed with the idea of ??amplifying light, made all his pieces in glass. He will draw all his creations himself, in a perpetual search for elegance and purity of form. These will highlight the architecture of the places for which they are intended. The pure lines of his lights will make his objects works that time will not mark. In 1933, his nephew François Raidt joined the Company to which he would also devote his entire life. Gifted and a perfectionist, he soon assisted Jean Perzel, designed, refined and technically simplified the assemblies of the lights. For example, on the occasion of the completion of the 25,000,000th Ford car...

A very elegant hand-carved white alabaster neoclassical style pendant lantern manufactured in Italy in the late 19th century. The dome is shaped like an antique Greek Crater...

Great shape and practical size alabaster pendant with blackened brass canopy. With early twentieth century lighting as one of our specialities in general and with antique alabaster lights...

Carved from a single block of sandy colored alabaster, this fixture has a lively translucent glow to complement heavy mineralization. Canopy is matching, and drop may be custom speci...

An Italian photophore with an unusual turned and stained alabaster base. With brass candle holder and hand blown glass shade. Mid 20th century, a modern...

Substantial, large late 19th-early 20th century gilt bronze, cylindrical hall lantern, with budding leaf decoration heading. having four alabaster gilt bronze decorated urns. This...

Early 19th century Swedish Gustavian neoclassical pendant lantern chandelier. Ormolu satyr heads with chains leading to a rare and unusual alabaster and ormolu sunflower.      

An Art Deco alabaster ceiling light. Hung with later brass chain and ceiling dome. France, 1920s. Drop adjustable by reducing the chain lenght.