Design - lamp
| Accession Nr.: | KRTF 439 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Richter, Aurél (1870 - 1957) / designer |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1890
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| Place of production: | Budapest |
| Inscription: | Richter A. |
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| Materials: | paper |
| Techniques: | glued on cardboard; pencil drawing; watercolour |
| Dimensions: |
height: 42,1 cm
width: 21,5 cm
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The light sketch of a fantasy lamp shows definite eclectic characteristics. The slightly conical foot with a wavy rim supports a richly ornamented stem ending in a simple cylindrical cup, enframed by richly coiling S and C motifs, connected with loose chains. This complicated element is surmounted by a winged putto head. There is another, asymmetrically bent part over the cup, holding an irregular ball with a long, tube-like neck springing from it. An antique-style lamp is hung over the top, on
a short stem. A salamander rests on the top of the neck, hanging down his tail on the other side as a “pendant” for the lamp stem.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 9.272. (Ács Piroska)
