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Silvered Gilt Single Classical Lamp
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$2,450. for the Single lamp
item #595618
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Elegant Single Silvered Gilt Lamp with a beautiful handmade parchment shade and newly rewired. H:36.5" Diameter of shade:19"
The Style of the lamp is classical with the Ancathus leaf motif that is silvered gilt.
The Acanthus plant (Acanthaceæ), also known by the common name of "Bear's Breech," is considered to be one of the finest foliage plants for the shrub border. It is native to the Mediterranean and bears flowers that can be white, lilac-pink, or purple tinged. However, it is the leaves, not the flowers, which historically attracted the most attention, creating mounds of long, dark green, arching foliage. The acanthus is a plant that has inspired artists and architects for millennia. It stands for quality, longevity, and creativity. The acanthus appears for the first time in the arts in ancient Greece, where it was chosen for decorative purposes to adorn the architecture. Initially, the Greek artists rendered the plant faithfully. Many of the examples of Acanthus leaves carved in the 4th and 5th centuries B.C.E. are extremely lifelike, whether it is of the soft or the spiky variety, showing the character, texture, and model of the leaf. Later, the representations grew more stylized and fanciful, and can be found today in ornamental friezes, Crewel embroidery patterns, wallpaper patterns, and most notably in architectural designs. The Acanthus leaf covers space well, it can curl, coil, or be doubled.
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