Empire Style Table Lamp, Gilt Metal and Cut Glass Column Lamp with Classical Faces on Marble — French Style

The French Empire taste liked its lamps populated. Where other styles decorated with leaves and beads alone, Empire ornament brought faces — classical heads amid palmettes and fruit baskets, cast in relief so that a lamp carried a small crowd of antiquity on its stem. Paired with a column of diamond-cut glass and a marble foot, the formula produced exactly this kind of object: a lamp that reads as a miniature monument.

This lamp is in the French Empire style: a column of diamond-point cut glass rising between richly cast gilt metal sections — the lower stem worked with classical faces beneath fruit baskets, framed by scrolls, palmettes, and rosettes on a stippled ground, over a gadrooned urn socle; above, a collar of grapevine ornament beneath the socket; the whole standing on a domed, lotus-chased circular foot with twin period switches, raised on toggle feet over a white marble disc. Look at the faces on the stem — each sits under its basket of cast fruit with the features fully modelled at barely a centimetre tall, the density of ornament per square inch that this style demanded and later copies thin out. The lamp reaches us with a damaged plug and is fully rewired through our workshop before dispatch — cord, plug, and switches made safe — fitted with the appropriate plug or adapter for your country, and delivered working and ready to use.

The gilt metal, cut glass, and marble are in good condition, with age-consistent wear to the surfaces, as the photographs show. Whoever lit this small monument before you kept its crowd of faces crisp. It suits a bedside table, a desk, or a mantel end.

The lamp is cut glass and cast gilt metal on marble, rewired before dispatch. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping, with all import duties paid by us, so there is nothing to settle on delivery. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

DETAILS:
Size: Height approx. 35.5 cm (14 in) base to socket · Marble base diameter approx. 15 cm (6 in) — roughly the height of a wine bottle
Material: diamond-cut glass column; cast gilt metal with classical face ornament; white marble base
Style/Period: French Empire style — no date claimed
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery
Electrical: fully rewired before dispatch — new cord and plug, switches made safe; plug or adapter fitted for the buyer's country; delivered working and ready to use
Condition: good condition; age-consistent wear to gilt surfaces, glass and marble sound
Lampshade: sold without a shade — leaving you free to choose one that suits your room
Returns: accepted within 30 days

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Worldwide delivery is included in the price. Every piece is individually packed, tracked and fully insured. No shipping charge is added at checkout. If your destination is not listed, please contact us before ordering.

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