A Pair of Empire Bronzed and Gilt-Decorated Tole Columnar Oil Lamps (Lampes Carcel) from the Doris Duke Collection

$6850.00

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Each a columnar lamp on a square base‚ supporting an ajourè banding fitted with a domed frosted glass shade‚ mounted with an oval plaque stamped INDUSTRIE FRANCAISE/Lampe Silvant par.../Brev et /D. INV.tion/AVEC GARANTIE‚ and numbered FU/4345 and DZ/3738‚ electrified. Provenance: W. Jay Saylor (architect-decorator‚ items collected by him; removed from the premises at 149 E. 53rd Street); Parke-Bernet Galleries‚ New York‚ 6-7 April 1956‚ lot 279 ($270). Doris Duke.