An Attractive Early 20thC Bakelite & Brass Articulated Scallop Shell Formed Desk Lamp c.1915-25 antiques many being swallowtails

many being swallowtails

Henry Clifford 1964

Generally one finds this type of chair without arms so this is an especially sculptural example

later quartering it with the lion of the Electorate of the Palatinate

as does the ebony rear door

An Attractive Early 20thC Bakelite & Brass Articulated Scallop Shell Formed Desk Lamp c.1915-25 antiques many being swallowtailsOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Art Deco Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1915 25 Height: 32 (in vertical position with shade) Base Diameter: 6 The rather unusual articulated desk lamp having a scalloped shell shade in pressed metal, with the original Bakelite fittings, to an operational articulated coiled stem to a patinated brass weighted base, survives from the first quarter of twentieth century England. The condition of the lamp is good with a