A BRASS, GLASS AND WOODEN CEILINGLAMP

Details

Theo Nieuwenhuis for Van Wisselingh, 1920s
A BRASS, GLASS AND WOODEN CEILINGLAMP
The cylindrical shade lined with thin glass tubes and domed satinated glass shade, applied to white lacquered wooden ceilingrose
45 cm. high and 54 cm. diam.

Provenance

Van Wisseling, Amsterdam

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Lot Essay

The present ceilinglamp was part of the interior of Kunsthandel Van Wisselingh, Rokin, Amsterdam

For comparison see:
J.F. Heijbroek & E.L. Wouthuysen, Portret van een Kunsthandel, de firma Van Wisselingh en zijn compagnons, 1838-heden, Zwolle, 1999, pp. 185-186, for three contemporary illustrations of the interior of Kunsthandel Van Wisselingh showing identical examples of the present lamp

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