Description:
An elegant and highly decorative Art Nouveau ceiling lamp featuring three beautiful iridescent glass shades, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe in Phänomen Genre 85/3780, a décor developed and produced exclusively for the Viennese firm E. Bakalowits & Söhne.
The three bell-shaped glass shades are executed in a warm amber-golden ground, richly decorated with fine silver-yellow glass threads, which have been delicately combed into a regular, feather-like pattern. The gracefully undulating lines create a rhythmic interplay, further enhanced by the beautiful iridescence displaying subtle shades of gold, blue and violet. Each shade terminates in a gently flared, undulating rim, emphasising the flowing character of the glass decoration.
The glass shades are mounted on a refined brass fixture displaying distinct stylistic characteristics of the Vienna Secession. Its elegant construction combines gracefully curved arms with openwork geometric elements, circular openings and stylised organic motifs. The interplay between the architectural design of the metalwork and the flowing decoration of the glass creates a particularly harmonious composition, characteristic of the innovative design language of the Art Nouveau movement around 1900.
The three glass shades are suspended from elegantly curved arms surrounding a central stem, which terminates in a finely detailed, tapering decorative finial.
The exclusive production of this Phänomen Genre for E. Bakalowits & Söhne highlights the close collaboration between the Bohemian glassworks Johann Loetz Witwe and the progressive Viennese firm, which played an important role in the development and promotion of innovative glass designs around the turn of the twentieth century.
Price: On request.
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