French Chamberstick LampGilt Metal Column Candlestick Table Lamp with Shade — 1950s–60s

Lampshade condition and delivery: The shade shown is not in good condition and is supplied only on request. It is not included as standard.

DETAILS:
Total height: 33 cm (13 in) · Base height without candle: 11.5 cm (4.5 in) · Dish diameter: 12 cm (4.7 in) — roughly the height of a wine bottle
Shade: height 15 cm (5.9 in) · base diameter 18 cm (7.1 in) · top diameter 13 cm (5.1 in)
Weight: 900 g (2 lb)
Gilt cast metal; lined ecru fabric shade with galloon trim
Electrical: Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use. bulb not included.
Condition of lamp body: very good condition; few small pits to gilding inside the dish, minor creases and one small mark to shade

Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.

The rat de cave — the French chamberstick — was the light one carried: a low candlestick set in a dish to catch the wax, with a loop handle for a finger, made for the walk from the parlour to bed or down to the cellar that gave it its name. When French makers of the 1950s revived the form as an electric lamp, they kept every part of the ritual object — dish, handle, candle — and simply hid a bulb where the flame had been.

This lamp is French, from the 1950s–60s, in gilt metal cast with real care for a small object: the dish bordered by a garland of vine leaves and grape clusters, the handle formed as an acanthus leaf, and a fluted column rising through a scrolled capital to a chased drip cup holding the conical faux candle — an uncommon detail, tapered like a real taper rather than the usual straight sleeve. Run your eye around the dish's border and note how the grapes and leaves stay crisp at their edges — fine chasing on a piece this small is where a workshop either spent its time or didn't. The ecru fabric shade is lined and finished with braided galloon trim top and bottom, echoing the metalwork. The lamp is newly fitted with beige cloth-covered cord, recent switch and plug, and takes a standard B22 bayonet bulb; it arrives with the appropriate plug or adapter fitted for your country, ready to use.

The gilding shows only a few small pits inside the dish, and the shade has minor creases and one small mark and is not in good condition, as the photographs show. Whoever carried this light to bed before you kept it carefully. It is made for a nightstand, a dresser, or a hallway table.

The lamp weighs 900 grams in cast metal, rewired to current standards with recent plug and switch. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

Condition

Electrical details

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Maison Jaspers pays US tariffs and import duties. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Contact us before ordering if you need destination-specific guidance.

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