{"product_id":"antique-french-art-deco-table-lamp-base-08807","title":"Antique French Art Deco Table Lamp Base, Gilt Régule Swan Neck, Numbered Model — France, circa 1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art Deco desk lamp of the 1930s solved a problem that earlier styles had refused to acknowledge: that a lamp on a working desk is looked at as much as it is used, and that its form, not just its light, shapes the room. The swan-neck — a single continuous curve rising from a weighted base and bending at the crown to hold the socket — was the period's most elegant answer. It did with one unbroken line what a Victorian lamp needed a column, capital, and shade-ring to do. The best examples were cast in régule, numbered, and sold through the department stores and lighting houses of Paris as design objects as much as functional fittings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis base is French, circa 1930, cast in gilt régule with a matte gold patina that has settled handsomely over nine decades. The form is a single sweeping arc — narrow at the crown where it bends to hold the socket, widening as it descends and flowing without interruption into a stepped rectangular base with chamfered corners and a moulded plinth border. Note how the inner face of the curve is slightly hollowed and the outer face carries a gentle convex swell — the detail that gives the arc its sense of tension rather than simply bending a bar, the difference between a designed curve and a bent one. The model number 6225 is stamped in relief into the underside of the base at the cable entry, the mark of a manufacturer who catalogued his production seriously. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gilt shows light, honest wear at the high points of the base consistent with decades of use; the casting is sound throughout. It arrives fully rewired and ready to use, plug adapted to your country at no charge — a base that takes a drum shade, a cone, or a simple globe equally well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: Height 32 cm (12.6 in) · Base 17.5 × 9.5 cm (6.9 × 3.7 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: gilt régule, matte gold patina; numbered model 6225\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French Art Deco, circa 1930\u003cbr\u003e\nSockets: one — fully rewired and ready to use; plug adapted to your country (US\/UK\/EU) at no extra charge\u003cbr\u003e\nLampshades: not included\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good antique condition; original gilt patina with light honest wear to high points; casting sound throughout\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"US","offer_id":59339546100057,"sku":"LM-E-246","price":558.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK","offer_id":59339546132825,"sku":"LM-E-246","price":558.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EU","offer_id":59339546165593,"sku":"LM-E-246","price":558.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8542126907_hj0e.jpg?v=1788880153","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/antique-french-art-deco-table-lamp-base-08807","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}