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SUPERB LIMBERT ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER PRAIRIE TABLE LAMP
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 EXTREMELY RARE FORM LARGE ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD HAND HAMMERED COPPER AND SLAG GLASS TABLE LAMP. EXQUISITELY DESIGNED AND EXECUTED IN HEAVY HAND HAMMERED COPPER, WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL FACETED HEXAGONAL SHAPE SHADE WITH A RAISED DOME TOP AND BEAUTIFUL SLAG GLASS PANELS, AND AN INTRICATE COMPLEMENTING HEXAGONAL DESIGN BASE. EXQUISITELY DESIGNED PRAIRIE STYLE CUTOUTS (IN A "TESSARACT-LIKE" GEOMETRIC DESIGN) UTILIZED SO OFTEN AND EFFECTIVELY BY CHARLES LIMBERT IN HIS FURNITURE DESIGNS. QUALITY OF FORM AND EXECUTION.
CHARLES LIMBERT WAS A RENOWNED FURNITURE DESIGNER AND PRODUCER WORKING IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DURING THE ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD. HIS WORK IS NOW WIDELY COLLECTED AND VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. GRAND RAPIDS WAS A CENTER FOR QUALITY ARTS AND CRAFTS LIGHTING AND METALWORK (AS WELL AS FURNITURE) DURING THE PERIOD. BOTH THE STICKLEY BROTHERS COMPANY AND CHARLES LIMBERT WERE SELLING LAMPS OF THIS CALIBER, NOTABLE AND IDENTIFIABLE NOT ONLY BY THEIR QUALITY, BUT IN PARTICULAR BY THEIR TRADEMARK "TUBE-IN-TUBE" SHADE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM. WHILE UNSIGNED, AS THESE GENERALLY WERE BOTH IN THE CASE OF STICKLEY BROTHERS AND CHARLES LIMBERT, I AM CERTAIN THIS PARTICULAR LAMP WAS MARKETED BY CHARLES LIMBERT, GIVEN THE CUTOUT MOTIFS THAT DIRECTLY MIRROR CUTOUTS PREVALENT IN HIS BETTER DESIGNS. LIMBERT LIGHTING IS NOW RARELY SEEN, AND QUALITY EXAMPLES SUCH AS THIS ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.
THE CONDITION OF THIS RARE FORM IS JUST EXCELLENT, WITH A BEAUTIFUL DEEP, DARK, REDDISH BROWN PATINA THAT APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL (MAY NOT BE) AND WHICH LOOKS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE COLOR IS EXQUISITE. THE VARIEGATED COLORED SLAG GLASS IS ALL ORIGINAL, HAS A MELLOW EARTHY LOOK WHEN UNLIT, AND REALLY COMES TO LIFE WHEN LIT (PLEASE SEE PIC SHOWING ALL SIX SIDES). ORIGINAL HUBBEL SOCKETS WITH THE ORIGINAL ACORN PULLS ADD TO THE CHARM. THE PATINA HIGHLIGHTS THE FINE DETAILS AND THE INTRICACY OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.
MEASURES A LARGE 20 1/2 INCHES TALL, THE HEXAGONAL SHADE MEASURING 14 INCHES AT ITS WIDEST, AND 8 INCHES HIGH. THE BASE IS 8 INCHES AT ITS WIDEST. IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO DENTS OR DINGS, OTHER THAN A SINGLE DEPRESSION TO THE TOP OF THE SHADE (PLEASE SEE PIC) WHICH IS RELATIVELY MINOR AND NOTICEABLE ONLY UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY. THE EXCELLENT PATINA LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND WARM, WITH SOME SLIGHT NORMAL WEAR, AND NO APOLOGIES. THE SHADE SITS FIRMLY AND TIGHTLY WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED STICKLEY BROTHERS/LIMBERT STYLE "TUBE IN TUBE" ATTACHMENT METHOD. ATTRACTIVELY AND EXPERTLY HAMMERED HEAVY-GAUGE COPPER.
THE GLASS IS ORIGINAL, LOOKS WONDERFUL, AND HAS BEAUTIFUL COLOR VARIATIONS THAT GENERALLY MATCH SYMMETRICALLY FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE. ONE PANEL WAS BROKEN YEARS AGO AND RATHER THAN REPLACE IT THE OWNER HAD IT PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY STABLE REPAIR, DOES NOT DETRACT, AND IS NOT EASILY NOTICEABLE. TWO OF THE COPPER GLASS-RETAINING TABS APPEAR TO BE OLD REPLACEMENTS AND ONE COPPER TAB IS MISSING, BUT THE ASSOCIATED PANEL IS FIRMLY AND SAFELY SECURE AS ARE ALL OF THE OTHER PANELS. THE BRASS HUBBLE SOCKETS AND PULLS ARE ALL ORIGINAL, AND WORK PERFECTLY. RECENTLY REWIRED WITH PERIOD REPRODUCTION SILK WRAPPED CORD FOR SAFETY. THE FERRULE WHERE THE CORD EXITS THE BASE IS A MODERN REPLACEMENT AND LOOKS GOOD.
THIS IS DEFINITELY WORK OF QUALITY, AND A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE FORM THAT WOULD LOOK AMAZING ON ANY SIDEBOARD OR LAMP TABLE. IF YOU COLLECT ARTS AND CRAFTS FURNISHINGS IN THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL TRADITION, THEN YOU WILL KNOW JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND PERIOD LIGHTING THAT TRULY COMPLEMENTS THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE. THE CONDITION OF THIS RARE EXAMPLE IS JUST EXCELLENT. NEW TO THE MARKET FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION AND NOT PREVIOUSLY OFFERED. THIS IS A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE PIECE, IN EXQUISITE CONDITION.
THIS WOULD BE A STUNNING ACCENT TO THE MISSION OAK FURNITURE IN YOUR BUNGALOW.
VERY LOW RESERVE (PLEASE DON'T ASK!) FOR A PIECE OF THIS RARITY,QUALITY, AND CONDITION! DON'T WAIT TO SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE!
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