Lot 95
  • 95

Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne A LARGE BLACK PAINTED CAST IRON FIGURAL FLOOR LAMP France, circa 1880s

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne
  • cast iron
  • height 8 ft 4 in.; width 31 in.; depth 17 in.
  • 254 cm; 78.5 cm; 43 cm
cast with the figure of a seated chimera, the base with a plaque inscribed FONDERIES DU VAL D'OSNE/58 BD VOLTAIRE, PARIS.

Literature

Société Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux, Fonderies, et Aciéries du Val D'Osne, (catalogue), Paris, 1903, nos. 211-212, p. 50, for the model

Condition

Overall in good condition and impressive scale. Wear to patina of edge around the base and throughout the sculpture, to the high relief - for example the nose, top of head, back, top of legs, now showing the red undercoat.
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