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BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1900
Details
A BRASS AND COPPER TWO-BRANCH TABLE LAMP
BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1900
The central shaft adorned with copper leaves, supporting two spirally-wrapped branches with pendant flower-heads, later pink silk shades, stamped BENSON
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, overall
BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1900
The central shaft adorned with copper leaves, supporting two spirally-wrapped branches with pendant flower-heads, later pink silk shades, stamped BENSON
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, overall
Provenance
Acquired from Michael Whiteway, May 1987.
Literature
C. Gere & M. Whiteway, Nineteenth-Century Design: From Pugin to Mackintosh, London, 1993, p. 216, pl. 271, illustrated.
I. Hamerton ed., W.A.S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, Woodbridge, 2005, p. 146, pls. 124 & 124A.
M. Levy, ‘Living with antiques: A collection of Victorian decorative arts’, Antiques, June 2000, pp. 948-955, p. 955, pl. xiii.
I. Hamerton ed., W.A.S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, Woodbridge, 2005, p. 146, pls. 124 & 124A.
M. Levy, ‘Living with antiques: A collection of Victorian decorative arts’, Antiques, June 2000, pp. 948-955, p. 955, pl. xiii.
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