lampshade
Object NameLamp shade
Maker
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
(French, 1885-1953)
Made FromGlass
Date1925-1930
Place MadeFrance
Techniquefree-blown, overlaid, acid-etched
Accession Number61.3.7
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent-translucent multicolored glass; free-blown, overlaid and acid-etched. Roughly bell-shaped, with hole at top for cord; clear, overlaid with deep purple and blue (in reflected light black and orange, in transmitted light purple and blue); triangular leaf-like motifs arranged in a haphazard pattern and overlaying each other with sections of orange blossoms partly hidden by the leaves (artichoke-like); signed "G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU FRANCE".Provenance
Source
Leo Moser
(1879 - 1975)
