Lot 259

Baroque Style Electrified Polychrome Giltwood Angel Lamp (19th/20th Century)

Estimate: $200 - $500

Price Realized: $320 Includes buyer's premium

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Lot 259
Baroque Style Electrified Polychrome Giltwood Angel Lamp (19th/20th Century)
Description
An antique Baroque style electrified table lamp fashioned from a carved polychrome and giltwood gesso figure of a winged angel or cherub standing atop a stylized rockwork base, the figure supporting a vertical metal standard terminating in a two-socket light fixture cluster, the entire assembly raised on a rectangular stepped wooden plinth base
Details
Wood, gesso, paint, gilt, metal
36 x 10 x 7 inches
Provenance
The Estate of Janice and Donald Rosenthal
Condition
Good condition overall; missing one carved finger segment from each hand; working at time of cataloging, with localized lifting, cracking, and flaking to the polychrome painted surfaces and gesso composition layers, stable age fractures to the carved wood core, minor surface grime accumulation, and superficial scuffs to the stepped wooden plinth base


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