A Gledstone Hall glass hanging shade
A Gledstone Hall glass hanging shade

DESIGNED BY SIR EDWIN LUTYENS, CIRCA 1925

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A Gledstone Hall glass hanging shade
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, circa 1925
Opalescent glass disc and three beads, suspended by entwined flex with three wire brackets supporting three further glass beads
33in. (84cm.) high

拍品專文

It was on the outward journey to India that Edwin Lutyens created his plans for a new Gledstone Hall in Yorkshire with his client Sir Amos Nelson.
Work was not completed until 1926 but the results were universally admired. The black and white marbled hall and staircase were singled out for especial praise, as his ultimate conception of a classical interior.
Their simplicity was mirrored in the hanging lights which added to the lightness but did not detract either from the 'healthy' austerity or the clarity of design.

An example of this light is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.