A CAST IRON AND CHROMED BRASS TORCHERE

BY WALTER VON NESSEN FOR NESSEN STUDIOS, INC., CIRCA 1928

Details

A CAST IRON AND CHROMED BRASS TORCHERE
by walter von nessen for nessen studios, inc., circa 1928
The flared column on circular base supporting a concentric, conical shade
67½in. (171.5cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's New York, December 14, 1991, lot 261

Lot Essay

cf. Eva Weber, Art Deco in America, Exeter Books, New York, 1985, p. 85 and Karen Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1983 for illustrations of this model