BRAZILIAN CYLINDRICAL DOME TABLE LAMP IN ROSEWOOD, BRAZIL CIRCA 1960

A HIGHLY SCULPTURAL AND EXTREMELY RARE BRAZILIAN TABLE LAMP FROM THE 1960S, FEATURING THREE SOLID ROSEWOOD CYLINDERS CROWNED WITH OPALINE MILKY GLASS DOME SHADES. THE COMPOSITION REFLECTS THE DISTINCTIVE BRAZILIAN MODERNIST DESIGN TRADITION, WHERE ORGANIC MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURAL FORMS ARE COMBINED INTO A STRIKING OBJECT OF BOTH FUNCTION AND ART.

EXAMPLES OF THIS MODEL SURFACE ONLY VERY RARELY ON THE MARKET. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE WITH MID-CENTURY BRAZILIAN DESIGN, DOCUMENTATION IS SCARCE, AND THE DESIGNER OF THIS PARTICULAR JEWEL REMAINS UNKNOWN. ITS QUALITY OF EXECUTION AND ELEGANT PROPORTIONS, HOWEVER, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

THE LAMP FEATURES BEAUTIFULLY GRAINED ROSEWOOD AND THREE ORIGINAL MILKY GLASS DOME SHADES THAT EMIT A WONDERFULLY SOFT, ATMOSPHERIC GLOW. THERE IS ONE SMALL CHIP TO A GLASS SHADE, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY HIDDEN BENEATH THE WOODEN CYLINDER WHEN ASSEMBLED AND THEREFORE INVISIBLE IN USE.

A RARE AND IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF BRAZILIAN MODERNIST LIGHTING, AND A PIECE WE ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD TO OFFER.

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