RARE CUBIST INSPIRED FRENCH ART DECO 20\'s CEILING LIGHT/VASQUE-SIGNED DEGUE
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RARE CUBIST INSPIRED FRENCH ART DECO 20\'s CEILING LIGHT/VASQUE-SIGNED DEGUE:
$175.88
THIS VERY UNUSUAL AND EXTREMELY DECORATIVE FRENCH ART DECO VASQUE IS OF REALLY SUPERB QUALITY.
DEGUE , ALONG WITH LALIQUE ETC. WERE THE MOST RENOWNED PATE DE VERRE (THICK HEAVY GLASS) MAKERS OF THE 1920s PERIOD IN FRANCE PRODUCING REALLY EXQUISITE WORKS OF ART. THIS VERY RARE FRENCH ART DECO SIGNED VASQUE/CEILING LIGHT DEPICTS AMAZINGLY ARTISTIC AND WONDERFULLY DECORATIVE CUBIST INSPIRED DESIGNS 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 SIGNED ELEGANT OPAQUE PATE DE VERRE VASQUE IS A WELL KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THE DESIGN OF DEGUE, WHO WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF 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 AND RELATIVELY FEW HAVE SURVIVED INTACT MAKING THESE RARE WORKS OF ART VERY DESIRABLE;THESE BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES ARE FAST BECOMING SOUGHT AFTER AND ARE MUCH IN DEMAND AS COLLECTORS\' PIECES AND REPRESENT A SOUND INVESTMENT. THE QUALITY OF THE LARGE EXTREMELY HEAVY PATE DE VERRE GLASS IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THE WORKMANSHIP IS REALLY SUPERB. THE VASQUE IS IN EXCELLENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. 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 THIS HEAVY VASQUE.DIAMETER 13.5 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 INSPIRED FRENCH ART DECO 20\'s CEILING LIGHT/VASQUE-SIGNED DEGUE:
$175.88