Lamp (2) - Cherubim - Bronze






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Two Art Nouveau bronze lamps from circa 1930–1940, with gilded bases featuring cherubs, a central column, red fabric shades, made in France, in good used condition with minor signs of age and in working order; dimensions 48×20×20 cm.
Description from the seller
These two early 20th-century Art Nouveau lamps have that theatrical and sensual charm so characteristic of the style: a mix of fantasy, movement, and a touch of decadent romance that makes them decorative pieces with a strong presence.
Each lamp rises on a richly sculpted golden base, where cherubs — childlike, dynamic, almost playful — seem to embrace or hold the central column. They are not merely ornamental figures: they provide rhythm, verticality, and a hint of mythological ingenuousness that fits perfectly with Art Nouveau aesthetics, always leaning toward the organic and the narrative. The gold, slightly aged, softens the volumes and gives them a warm, almost domestic sculpture-like air.
On that elaborately designed base, the red fabric lampshades provide a very effective contrast: the deep color and the texture of the fabric balance the exuberance of the metal, creating a light that one imagines warm, intimate, almost like a bourgeois salon of the era. The whole ensemble works because it combines fantasy and functionality, detail and atmosphere.
They are lamps that do not go unnoticed: they have character, tell a story, and fit both a classic interior and a more eclectic space where one seeks a piece with its own personality.
Tracked shipping and careful packaging.
Seller's Story
Translated by Google TranslateThese two early 20th-century Art Nouveau lamps have that theatrical and sensual charm so characteristic of the style: a mix of fantasy, movement, and a touch of decadent romance that makes them decorative pieces with a strong presence.
Each lamp rises on a richly sculpted golden base, where cherubs — childlike, dynamic, almost playful — seem to embrace or hold the central column. They are not merely ornamental figures: they provide rhythm, verticality, and a hint of mythological ingenuousness that fits perfectly with Art Nouveau aesthetics, always leaning toward the organic and the narrative. The gold, slightly aged, softens the volumes and gives them a warm, almost domestic sculpture-like air.
On that elaborately designed base, the red fabric lampshades provide a very effective contrast: the deep color and the texture of the fabric balance the exuberance of the metal, creating a light that one imagines warm, intimate, almost like a bourgeois salon of the era. The whole ensemble works because it combines fantasy and functionality, detail and atmosphere.
They are lamps that do not go unnoticed: they have character, tell a story, and fit both a classic interior and a more eclectic space where one seeks a piece with its own personality.
Tracked shipping and careful packaging.
