Les Algues (Floor Lamp)
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glass, iron
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
- Place manufactured: Paris, France
- Place manufactured: Nancy, France
DATES
ca.1925
DIMENSIONS
66 1/8 × 19 × 19 × 19 in., 43.5 lb. (168 × 48.3 × 48.3 × 48.3 cm, 19.73kg) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Base of lamp stamped "E BRANDT"; globe marked "DAUM =/ NANCY".
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
71.14a-b
CREDIT LINE
Designated Purchase Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Shade in form of inverted cone, with wide flaring rim at top, in translucent bright orange glass. Globe is visually supported by six branches with cirliqued terminals between which are stylized floral sprays. Shaft is hexagonal in section; tapering towards base. Feet formed by three conjoined triangular forms with curled members; flare out at base.
Maker: Base- Edgar William Brandt (1880-); shade-Daum Glassworks (founded 1875 and still going on).
Condition: Excellent.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Edgar William Brandt (French, 1880–1960). Les Algues (Floor Lamp), ca.1925. Glass, iron, 66 1/8 × 19 × 19 × 19 in., 43.5 lb. (168 × 48.3 × 48.3 × 48.3 cm, 19.73kg). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 71.14a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.71.14.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.71.14.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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