RENÉ LALIQUE : FRENCH 1930 ART DECO NIGHT LAMP \"VENDOME\"
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RENÉ LALIQUE : FRENCH 1930 ART DECO NIGHT LAMP \"VENDOME\" :
$2500.00
RENÉ LALIQUE
A very rare 1930 French art deconight lamp with a shadeby René Lalique in moulded-pressed glass. This model is called \'Vendome\' in the old Lalique product documentation. In the catalog of Félix Marcilhac representing all known Lalique glass items we can find the \'Vendome\' model as chandelier #2293 on page 655 as well as huge lantern #2244 on page 632. The Vendome model was created in 1930. The shades used for the hanging fixtures were pierced with 2 holes so they could be attached to the mounting. See last two pictures. The shade on this nightlamp is unpierced and was never a part of a chandelier. Lalique designed and produced his own lamps but the shades were also sold individualy to other producers of art deco lighting. I have for instance a 1932 catalog ofthe Dutch store Perry that offered the Cytese shade without fixture.. The Lalique workshops made no postwar re-editions of the Vendome model and copies are unknown. As far as I know the Vendome building glasses are never signed. But I am not certain of it since they hardly ever come for sale. The only one I remember being sold over the last 20 years was a Vendome chandelier at an salehouse in Paris in 2002, it madearound 50K if I remember well (see last picture).Free shipping offered. The lamp will be shipped with full insurance by priority mail and will be packed very well protected.
French lamps and wiring
Art deco lamps made in France were equiped with B22 bayonet sockets. For most countries like Europe or the US such sockets are practicaly impossible to use. For instance in the States 110 volt bulbs with B22 fitters are obscure, very hard to find and only one model bulb in very limited wattages is available. In spite of what sellers of unrestored pieces of poor quality claim in their ads when they offer lamps with bayonet caps sockets : except for the UK and Australia French chandeliers and lamps need to be rewired for your country. In order to fit Edison large or small screw base bulbs as used in the USA, B22 sockets have to be replaced by American candelabra base or standard/medium size Edison screw-in sockets. E14 and E27 are modern replacements for European countries. An additional complication is that the size thread used in early French lighting to connect the sockets to the chandelier mountings or lamp bases is not compatible with the modern size threads used in the USA and Europe. New American or European sockets do not just screw on to the old lamp fixtures. In order to make it possible to use an original old French chandelier or lamp with modern screw bulb bases, a specialized restorer will have to re-tap the threads. All my cleaned and restored chandeliers, sconces and lamps come rewired with the correct sockets you will need to use modern bulbs in your align=\"center\">
Thelamp has a height of18 cm. The base is 10,4 x 9,8 cm. And the shade itself measures 16x7,2x7,2 cm. The lamp is in very good condition. I have cleaned and rewired the frame, it has a nice deep-brown patina. It holdsa European E14 socket. For theStates I will wire it with a US candelabra base socket and 2-prong plug.RENÉ LALIQUE : FRENCH 1930 ART DECO NIGHT LAMP \"VENDOME\" :
$2500.00