Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1880

About the Item

Charming Louis XV-inspired bouillotte lamp in chiseled and gilded bronze with two light-arms decorated with foliage, topped with an elegant oval-shaped lampshade in beige pleated silk decorated with gold braid. Bouillotte lamps were created at the end of the reign of Louis XV to facilitate games of bouillotte, a card game played on a table called a bouillotte, and quickly became a must-have for the aristocracy. For lighting, guests used three-branched gilded bronze or silver candelabras, placed in the middle of the table. These were covered with a metal lampshade with a sliding system to modulate the intensity of the flame and obtain a more subdued atmosphere if desired. The first models even had a groove on their base that could accommodate the cards at the end of a draw in order to announce the result. The base, generally in the shape of a bowl, was intended to hold the tokens that, at the end of the game, were given to the house staff. Models with only two candles appeared under Napoleon III, and the ornamentation evolved according to trends.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.08 in (51 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 7.88 in (20 cm)
  • Style:
    Louis XV (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1880
  • Condition:
    Replacements made: The silk lampshade is new and beautiful. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3860344101572

More From This Seller

View All
Japonisme Lamp Att. to E. Lièvre , Japan-France, Circa 1880
By Edouard Lievre, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Height with lampshade : 133 cm (52,3 in.) / without lampshade : 125 cm (49,2 in.) ; Lampshade - Height 74 cm (29,1 in.) ; Diameter : 86 cm (33,8 in.) Important Japanese style gourd-shaped lamp, made with a polychrome Kutani porcelain vase decorated with lake scene and flowers in cartouches, in the middle of flying waders on a red background. It is covered with its original beige pleated silk lampshade, embroided with flowers and waders. It rests on an « old gold » patinated bronze base with stylized openwork decoration, topped with a Fô dog on each foot. Related work : Japanese enamel porcelain...
Category

Antique 1880s French Japonisme Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

“Young Girl at the Fountain” Terracotta Lamp, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Numbered on its backside 359/576 Large sculpture made in patinated terracotta, with a servant girl filling her jug at the fountain, which is decorated in the lower part of a lion’...
Category

Antique 1880s French Table Lamps

Materials

Terracotta

Charming Porcelain Night Lamp attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1880
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Height : 15 cm (5,9 in.) ; Diam. : 15 cm (5,9 in.) ; Base width : 12 cm (4,7 in.) Charming hexagonal night light in painted porcelain decorated with flowers, surmounted by an openwork gallery in gilded bronze containing a cut crystal corolla. Bordered by three Greek-shaped handles ending in hooves, it rests on an openwork tripartite base ending in rosebuds. Biography “L’Escalier de Cristal”, an old and famous Parisian firm, specialized in glass products and ceramics but also suggested furniture and bronze sculptures. It was led from 1885 to 1923 by Emile Pannier’s sons, who gave the name of Pannier Frères to the society, located at the corner of Scribe street and Auber street, next to the new built Paris Opera house. Their Japanese style creations were among many others much appreciated by the critics and the public. They were awarded many medals at various exhibitions, such as the Gold medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition. Lots of artists participated in that world success, such as Emile Gallé, who gave to Pannier Frères the exclusive rights of some of his models, or François-Eugène Rousseau, who designed many vases and gave the model of his successful Japanese style dining-set as well. This set was made by the Creil et Montereau Manufacture. In the Japanese style furniture...
Category

Antique 1880s French Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Louis XIV Style Silvered Bronze Candelabras, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Louis XIV style five-light candelabras. Chiseled and silvered bronze. Ornamented with palmettes, medallions and feminine masks. Central stem with guilloche motifs, resting on...
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XIV Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Jardinieres-Candelabras by Boin-Taburet, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Boin-Taburet à Paris and numbered 34369 and 34370 Lovely pair of Louis XVI style planters with three light arms. Each jardiniere, with their liners in form of a basket based on a three leafy feet and a lobed base. The inner liners are removable. The two French goldsmiths George Boin and his son-in-law Emile Taburet created around 1875 in Paris the company Boin-Taburet. They made many silver pieces inspired by the beautiful services of the eighteenth century. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, Georges Boin presented a “service de toilette” inspired by the work of François-Thomas Germain (1726-1791), and then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, several epergnes, including one of them executed after drawings by the famous artist Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), as well as tea sets of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Boin-Taburet firm also exhibited a tureen and platter after Pierre Germain...
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Large Imari Porcelain Planter, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Japanese porcelain and French gilded bronze mount. Important Imari Porcelain planter with a polychrome and golden decoration of cranes, carp and lion, on a blue vermiculated backgro...
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Bronze

You May Also Like

Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800
Located in Delft, NL
Bronze Bouillotte lamp, France circa 1800. Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with red and gold painted metal shade, French, circa 1800. Louis XVI lamp with 3 curved arms in the shape of swan...
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Eugène Bazart Paris. Lamp “bouillotte” in gilt bronze. Circa 1880.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Eugène Bazart Paris, signed. Gilt bronze candelabra, mounted as a lamp, with circular base, arms decorated with garlands and ending at the top with a stylized flame. French work, N...
Category

Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Eugène Bazart Paris. Lamp “bouillotte” in gilt bronze. Circa 1880.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Eugène Bazart Paris, signed. Gilt bronze candelabra, mounted as a lamp, with circular base, arms decorated with garlands and ending at the top with a stylized flame. French work, N...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Bouillotte Lamp
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique solid brass Bouillotte lamp. 3 candle with draped chain accents. Great visual with faux tortoise interior. Detail throughout.
Category

20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

French Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful French bronze Bouillote lamp with black matte and gold trim shade. Lamp features two light sockets and two candles brackets. Very good condition appropriate to age.
Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Vintage French Bouillotte Desk Lamp Table Lamp, Circa 1970s
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage French game table style, bouilotte style desk lamp. 23 inches tall this antique or burnished brass desk lamp has a 6 inch base holdin...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Other, Brass

Recently Viewed

View All