Lot Essay
The model illustrated in the W.A.S. Benson & Co. Catalogue 1899/1900. Oscar Graf illustrates a very close variant of this model, lacking central pendant under the heading 'Masterpiece' in his 2015 Tribute to W.A.S. Benson.
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BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1899
Details
A BRASS, COPPER AND GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1899
The central stem issuing five leaves suspending coils each terminating in leaves and a glass shade and with central conforming fitting, with three original opaline glass shades, probably by James Powell & Son, and five smaller associated green glass shades, fitted for electricity
46 in. (117 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) diameter
BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1899
The central stem issuing five leaves suspending coils each terminating in leaves and a glass shade and with central conforming fitting, with three original opaline glass shades, probably by James Powell & Son, and five smaller associated green glass shades, fitted for electricity
46 in. (117 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Purchased from Adrian Tilbrooke, April 1988.
Literature
I. Hamerton ed., W.A.S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, Woodbridge, 2005, pp. 138-9, pl. 116.
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 67, 71
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 67, 71
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The model illustrated in the W.A.S. Benson & Co. Catalogue 1899/1900. Oscar Graf illustrates a very close variant of this model, lacking central pendant under the heading 'Masterpiece' in his 2015 Tribute to W.A.S. Benson.