RARE CUBIST FRENCH ART DECO 30\'s VASQUE/CEILING LIGHT-JEAN NOVERDY
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RARE CUBIST FRENCH ART DECO 30\'s VASQUE/CEILING LIGHT-JEAN NOVERDY :
$172.64
THIS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATIVE AND VERY RARE FRENCH ART DECO VASQUE IS OF REALLY SUPERB QUALITY.JEAN NOVERDY, ALONG WITH LALIQUE ETC. WERE THE MOST RENOWNED PATE DE VERRE (THICK HEAVY GLASS) MAKERS OF THE 1920-30s PERIOD IN FRANCE PRODUCING REALLY EXQUISITE WORKS OF ART. THIS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE FRENCH ART DECO VASQUE/CEILING LIGHT DEPICTS AN AMAZINGLY COMPLICATED AND WONDERFULLY DECORATIVE CUBIST INSPIRED DESIGN DEPICTING ROSES AND LEAVES. THE QUALITY OF THE SCULPTED GLASS IS REALLY EXCELLENT WITH AMAZING ATTENTION TO DETAIL, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.
DATING FROM THE 1930s, THIS ELEGANT OPAQUE PATE DE VERRE VASQUE IS A WELL KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THE DESIGN OF JEAN NOVERDY WHO WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF DEGUE AND MULLER FRERES. THE PATE DE VERRE VASQUE HAS FIXATIONS ALONG WITH A LARGE LINK BRASS CHAIN (NOT PERIOD) AND IS SIMPLY LIT BY A HANGING BULB.
THESE WONDERFULLY DECORATIVE PERIOD FRENCH PATE DE VERRE VASQUES WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR DURING THE ART DECO MOVEMENT IN FRANCE OF THE 1920-30\'s PERIOS AND RELATIVELY FEW HAVE SURVIVED INTACT MAKING THESE RARE WORKS OF ART VERY DESIRABLE.THESE BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES ARE BECOMING SOUGHT AFTER AS AN INVESTMENT AND ARE MUCH IN DEMAND AS COLLECTORS\' PIECES, REPRESENTING A SOUND INVESTMENT. THE QUALITY OF THE LARGE EXTREMELY HEAVY GLASS AND EXCEPTIONAL WORKMANSHIP IS REALLY SUPERB. THE VASQUE IS IN EXCELLENT ORIGINAL CONDITION; THERE ARE TWO MINOR MOULDING FAULTS ON THE RIM WHICH ARE NOT AT ALL NOTICEABLE WHEN HUNG AND MENTIONED FOR ACCURACY OF DESCRIPTION. THE WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE IS APPROX. 3 KILOS, A TRUE SIGN OF THE IMMENSE QUALITY OF THE VASQUE.
THE VASQUE HAS FIXATIONS AND A LENGTH OF BRASS CHAIN WHICH CAN BE SIMPLY FIXED TO AN EXISTING HOOK/CEILING ROSE (NOT SUPPLIED).
NB: DURING INSTALLATION OF THE VASQUE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CEILING ROSE OR HOOK TO WHICH THE VASQUE WILL BE ATTACHED ARE SECURELY FIXED INTO THE CEILING AND ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY VASQUE.DIAMETER 14 INCHESHEIGHT 22 INCHESPOSTAGE TO UK AND EU COUNTRIES - PRIORITY AIRMAIL (5-7 DAYS APPROX) - £55USA/CANADA - PRIORITY AIRMAIL (7-10 DAYS APPROX) - £75OTHER COUNTRIES - PLEASE ENQUIRE
RARE CUBIST FRENCH ART DECO 30\'s VASQUE/CEILING LIGHT-JEAN NOVERDY :
$172.64