Lot Essay
cf. Frank Olivier-Vital, Francois Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, 1992, pp. 34-35, 200-201.
PROPERTY OF DR. LESLIE W. SELDIN
'PETIT LAMPADAIRE', A RARE PATINATED BRONZE AND GLASS FLOOR LAMP
ALBERT-ARMAND RATEAU, CIRCA 1920-1922
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'PETIT LAMPADAIRE', A RARE PATINATED BRONZE AND GLASS FLOOR LAMP
Albert-Armand Rateau, circa 1920-1922
The circular bronze base decorated with a double band of daisy flowerheads, with four delicately cast birds perched on a sphere, issuing a slender standard terminating in a circular hemispherical bronze open bowl decorated with six goose heads and stylized flower blossoms holding a spherical glass shade, stamped 5298/5047/A.A. RATEAU/PARIS/1318/A
66in. (167.7cm.) high, 19in. (48.3cm.) wide, 19in. (48.3cm.) deep
Albert-Armand Rateau, circa 1920-1922
The circular bronze base decorated with a double band of daisy flowerheads, with four delicately cast birds perched on a sphere, issuing a slender standard terminating in a circular hemispherical bronze open bowl decorated with six goose heads and stylized flower blossoms holding a spherical glass shade, stamped 5298/5047/A.A. RATEAU/PARIS/1318/A
66in. (167.7cm.) high, 19in. (48.3cm.) wide, 19in. (48.3cm.) deep