AN IMPORTANT SIMONET FRERES ART DECO GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE, MOULDED GLASS AND MARBLE LAMP
AN IMPORTANT SIMONET FRERES ART DECO GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE, MOULDED GLASS AND MARBLE LAMPEstimate $40,000 – $60,000
- Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)
designed by Henri Dieupart and Albert Simonet, French, circa 1925
The broad cylindrical frosted glass shade with four appliques and a domed crown moulded with formalizd flowers, supported on a gilt bronze cylindrical marble stand, raised on four supports surmounted by Satyr masks, the gilded floral decorated band emanating four legs with cloven hoofs, on a conforming circular marble base
205CM HIGH, 46CM DIAMETER
PROVENANCE
The Elton John Collection, Sotheby’s, London, Vol III, 7 September 1988, lot 787, illustrated The Rene Rivkin Collection, Sotheby’s Australia, Sydney, 3 June 2001, lot 242, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne
LITERATURE
Victor Arwas, Art Deco, Academy Editions, p. 91