A MONUMENTAL DUTCH WROUGHT-IRON TORCHERE

CIRCA 1920

Details

A MONUMENTAL DUTCH WROUGHT-IRON TORCHERE
Circa 1920
On octagonal base, the flaring cylindrical standard applied with eight riveted stems supporting a conical shade with hammered surface, applied with stylized arching branches
107in. (272cm.) high

Sale room notice

Please note that this torchre was originally supplied to the Social Insurance Bank of Amsterdam, a building which dates from circa 1920, and not the Utrecht Life Insurance Company, as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

This torchere comes from the Utrecht building designed for the Utrecht Life Insurance Company by Jan Verheul (b. 1860) in 1899-1902. The torchere dates from about 1920, and is typical of the Dutch Nieuwe Kunst period. The Utrecht building was razed in 1974 to make way for a railway station and department store complex.