Lot n° 305
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Gabriel ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953) & Géo PRINTEMPS (XIXth - Lot 305
Gabriel ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953) & Géo PRINTEMPS (XIXth-XXth) (Georges PRINTEMPS, DIT)
"Colombes" model created in [1923] & "Plumes de paon" (Peacock feathers)
Table lamp; the obus-shaped lampshade, the moving foot and the title floral motifs; the two paired pieces not original.
The polychrome glass-paste cap features doves in relief in reserves and treated in white and red, stylized flower motifs in relief colored in red and violet, and passementerie-style separations also in relief and violet. The bronze foot, formerly gilded, features peacock feather motifs on the base and a hoop to receive the lampshade, enriched with a variation of the base decoration.
The glassware is signed G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU, the base signed Géo.
PRINTEMPS and bears the Eug. BLOT Paris on the edge of the base.
Total height: 53.5 cm.
Shade alone: H.: 20.5 cm - D.: 21 cm.
Base alone: H.: 40 cm - D.: 22 cm.
(A burst bubble near the top of the glass paste shell, the foot and lampshade paired not original, heavy wear and missing gilding on the foot).
Glassmaking bibliography:
Janine Bloch-Dermant - G. Argy-Rousseau, catalog raisonné des pâtes de verre - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Identical lampshade model referenced under number 23-21 and reproduced on pages 106 and 194.
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