{"product_id":"antique-baroque-forged-iron-floor-lamp-1","title":"Antique Baroque Forged Iron Floor Lamp","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntique  A Heavy Baroque Forged Iron Floor Lamp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench, circa 1900\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeight: W158 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Vault Sydney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52851876921666,"sku":"VS2203","price":3024.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/9271\/8658\/files\/antique-baroque-forged-iron-floor-lamp-bazaa-designer-vintage-and-antique-furniture-1294395.jpg?v=1776903860","url":"https:\/\/bazaa.com.au\/products\/antique-baroque-forged-iron-floor-lamp-1","provider":"Bazaa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}