Stunning Art Deco White Table Lamp with Bronze Base Signed by Degué, France

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Stunning Art Deco White Table Lamp with Bronze Base Signed by Degué, France

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Stunning French Art Deco Table Lamp signed by Degué, in molded White glass with elegant geometric ornamentations and a decorated silver bronze base, and two lighten parts to contrast its shapes. France, circa 1920 Two bulbs, on both parts that are beautifully lighten up. Very good condition, excellent quality by the famous Degué. Dimensions: Height 55 cm Width 30 cm weight 6 kg and very solid and stabile. The electric system has been renewed. About Degué: Degué was the brainchild of the enigmatic 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 colorless 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 colorful, whereas the items made after 1930 were frosted and more subdued, in response to the Great Depression. 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. In 1936, due to the great strikes, the Degué glassworks stopped operating. It was officially closed in 1939 at the outbreak of WWII.

Creator:
Degué (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Diameter: 11.82 in (30 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Art Glass,Bronze,Paste,Molded
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1920
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Paris, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU254636879583