Lot 106

A Group of Three American Style Painted Iron Lighting Fixtures

Estimate: $300 - $500

Price Realized: $192 Includes buyer's premium

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Lot 106
A Group of Three American Style Painted Iron Lighting Fixtures
Description
A group of three early American style non-electrified black-painted sheet iron lighting fixtures, comprising a central cylindrical lantern with a punch-work decorated conical cap beneath a wire hanging loop, flanked by a pair of wall sconces with scalloped crests over rectangular inset mirror plates terminating in deep candle drip pans
Details
Sheet iron, glass, mirror glass, wire
lantern: 18 x 9 x 9 1/2 inches
Provenance
The Estate of Richard Flood, Writer, Curator, and Former Editor of Artforum
Condition
Heavy oxidation, corrosion, pitting, and widespread paint loss across all three fixtures; severe silvering degradation and foxing to the sconce mirrors; structural bending and minor losses to the punched components; glass panels heavily soiled with soot and residue


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