A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS AND PATINATED-METAL BOUDOIR LAMP
PAIRPOINT, 1907
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A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS AND PATINATED-METAL BOUDOIR LAMP
Pairpoint, 1907
The puffy mold-blown shade painted on the interior to depict two swallowtail butterflies fluttering over peony blossoms and foliage in burgundy, orange, yellow, brown and turquoise, stamped THE PAIPOINT CORP. and PATENTED JULY 9 1907, the gilt-metal 'tree trunk' base, stamped with the firm's marks and B3078
175/8in. (45.1cm.) high, 8in. (20.3cm.) diameter of shade
Lot Essay
cf. Edward and Sheila Malakoff, Pairpoint Lamps, 1990, pp.68 for an illustration of this model.