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Established in 1895, the New York firm of Edward F. Caldwell was perhaps the leading American designer of lighting fixtures and decorative objects through the first quarter of the 20th century. Working from its foundry at 38 West 15th Street in New York, the company supplied fine quality products to a rich and illustrious client base, including Henry Clay Frick, J. Pierpont Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and Frederick W. Vanderbilt. In addition, Caldwell is known for providing much of the lighting fixtures for the White House in Washington D.C. After Caldwell's death in 1914, his business partner Victor E. von Lossberg continued the company, which was incorporated in 1915.
A pair of American Neoclassic style ormolu five-light wall appliques
BY EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO. INC., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1920
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A pair of American Neoclassic style ormolu five-light wall appliques
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Inc., New York, Circa 1920
Surmounted by an urn issuing an anthemion and suspending bellflowers, the spreading oval backplate issuing two tiers of outscrolled acanthus-sheathed candelarms with beaded circular drip-pans, terminating in a ribbon-tied oak sprig, the reverse stamped with a 'C' within diamond for Caldwell, and twice with 16
34½in. (87.7cm.) high (2)
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Inc., New York, Circa 1920
Surmounted by an urn issuing an anthemion and suspending bellflowers, the spreading oval backplate issuing two tiers of outscrolled acanthus-sheathed candelarms with beaded circular drip-pans, terminating in a ribbon-tied oak sprig, the reverse stamped with a 'C' within diamond for Caldwell, and twice with 16
34½in. (87.7cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Kentshire Galleries Ltd., New York