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Antique A Heavy Baroque Forged Iron Floor Lamp
The conical ivory linen shade above a decorative corona of scrolling gilt foliate ironwork — acanthus volutes and paired C-scrolls of evident hand-forged quality, retaining traces of original gilding — above a long barley-twist standard of vigorous helical form, the twist of broad, open pitch lending the column exceptional graphic presence at height, the whole supported on a tripod base of three outswept legs issuing from a central knop and terminating in inward-curling volute feet, the base finished in a deep charcoal-black patina consistent with age.
The barley-twist column is a form of ancient lineage in the decorative arts — known as the colonne salomonique or Solomonic column, its spiral form derived ultimately from the great twisted columns of the baldachin of Saint Peter's in Rome — lending even a domestic lamp standard an unconscious architectural gravitas. Here the form is rendered with particular openness and energy, the broad pitch of the twist giving the standard a lightness that belies the weight and solidity of the material.
The gilded foliate corona at the summit — at once functional shade-carrier and decorative flourish — introduces a note of warmth and ornamental luxury that lifts the lamp decisively above mere utility.
The contrast between the dark, austere iron of the standard and base and the gilded liveliness of the crown is a characteristically French resolution: rigour below, elegance above.
French, circa 1900
Height: W158
Color
Black
Style
Antique
Material
Iron
Condition
Good
Dimensions (cm)
50.0W x 50.0D x 158.0H
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