Pair of Art Deco Style Streamline Chrome Vintage Table Lamps

PAIR OF CARVED GILTWOOD TABLE LAMPS Probably Italian, circa early 20th century unmarked ref. 412OPJ09P 22 1/4" H; base 6" W x 6" D A fabulous pair of very decorative table lamps...

JEAN LORMIER French, 20th century Figural Lamp of a Woman Holding a Lamp Patinated bronze figure, brass candlestick, marble base Signed verso "J. LORMI...

FRENCH SCHOOL Early 20th century Table Lamp of a Maiden Intertwined with Flowers Patinated bronze situated over an original walnut base unsigned Item # 212MOL15P A fluid and s...

FINE PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE MARBLE TABLE LAMPS France, probably Paris, circa third quarter of the 19th century Item # 404LBP26Q A magnificent pair of Neoclassical vases converted into lamps, they are designed loosely after the influential vases of Antiquity known as the Medici and Borhese Vases. Those Kraters were executed in marble and have been widely considered the finest and most well-conceived vases of Antiquity. They have been frequently copied and have been the inspiration for many decorative arts, including the present pair. The original vases feature bas-relief scenes in the Medici vase of a seated Iphigenia beneath a statue of Diana surrounded by Achilles, Ulysses and Agamemnon and in the Borghese vase a scene of drunk Silenius, Dionysus wearing his animal skin garment and Ariadne all together accompanied by a procession of revellers. The present example departs from antiquity, focusing only on the Bacchic revellers and have repeated this motif across the field of the vase. They carry in their outstretched arms wreathes and long drapes of their garments, several carrying in hand the Thrysus. The chorus of figures is loosely reminiscent to the Borghese Dancers, also known as the Dancing Hours, executed in bas relief in marble...