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LUMINAIRE with LAMP base antique BRONZE DORE LATE 19th CENTURY SIGN GAGNEAU WITH ITS lampshade PAINTED by HAND
Original lamp base of the 19th century gilded and finely chiseled, signed Gagneau, with its lampshade painted by hand using the patterns of the lamp base.
Original gilding.
Height: 67 cm
Diameter: 39 cm
Original lamp base of the 19th century gilded and finely chiseled, signed Gagneau, with its lampshade painted by hand using the patterns of the lamp base.
Original gilding.
Height: 67 cm
Diameter: 39 cm
Data sheet
- Weight
- 39 cm / 15.3 in
- Height
- 67 cm / 26 in
Specific References
Biography
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Bronze
At the beginning, there is clay that the hand kneads, that the tool furrows. Then, through the medium of the mold, the power of fire, the fragile sketch will solidify in the hardest and most resistant alloy there is: bronze. This manufacturing process - the alloy of copper and tin - dates back to the third millennium BC: the Bronze Age was an essential stage in the technological and social evolution of mankind. From the outset, this technique made it possible to reproduce weapons, jewelry, figurines and containers of all kinds, spread throughout the Mediterranean basin, in the Near East and even in China - During the Renaissance, the statue appeared, the work of art, unique piece, melted at the request of a great collector.
Foot lamp original 19th century gilded and finely-chiselled signed Gagneau with its lampshade painted in the hand resuming the motives for the foot of lamp.Gilding origine67 / 39 cm
Height 67 cm
Diameter 39 cm