HANDEL, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1917
Details
A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS AND PATINATED-METAL 'OLYMPIC FOREST' TABLE LAMP
handel, model introduced in 1917
The domed shade with "chipped ice" finish, painted on the interior in crimson, pine green, moss green and yellow, to depict a northern forest at sunset, in the foreground a single butterfly fluttering amidst the rocky undergrowth of ferns, grasses and goldenrod, against a backlit canopy of pine trees, twice signed HANDEL 6536, the bronzed metal base of bulbous urn form on square foot, stamped HANDEL
23in. (58.5cm.) high, 18in. (45.7cm.) diameter of the shade
See Color Illustration
handel, model introduced in 1917
The domed shade with "chipped ice" finish, painted on the interior in crimson, pine green, moss green and yellow, to depict a northern forest at sunset, in the foreground a single butterfly fluttering amidst the rocky undergrowth of ferns, grasses and goldenrod, against a backlit canopy of pine trees, twice signed HANDEL 6536, the bronzed metal base of bulbous urn form on square foot, stamped HANDEL
23in. (58.5cm.) high, 18in. (45.7cm.) diameter of the shade
See Color Illustration
Literature
Robert DeFalco et. al., Handel Lamps: Painted Shades and Glassware, 1986, p.67, for an illustration and discussion of this lamp.