1930s French Modernist Art Deco Flush-Mount "Plafonnier" From the Parisian Atelier Petitot Ceiling Light

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From the Parisian Atelier Petitot came some of the finest, most sleek Modernist lighting designs of the era, and this … more From the Parisian Atelier Petitot came some of the finest, most sleek Modernist lighting designs of the era, and this example, in its extraordinarily elegant simplicity, would be among the very best.

The top, the nickel-plated (brass) "canopy," affixes flush against the ceiling and the overall length is about 19 1/2 inches; it's about 17 and a half inches in diameter. Frosted glass overall, it's decorated with bands of clear glass.

Newly rewired and fitted with (2) French bayonet sockets. Both are installed with a "reducer," a screw-in device which allows the use of American candelabra sockets, which top out at 60 watts each. Or, take these out and use bayonet-mounting bulbs, which are readily available in many wattages and sizes, even for American current 110-120, on the Internet.

All parts of the metal (brass) apparatus have been re-plated in nickel, with a brushed-appearing finish (not mirror-finished).

Outer space was one of the fascinations and preoccupations of the Art Deco-Modernist era, and this lighting fixture speaks well to those enthusiasms. You'll enjoy your own trips around planetary rings whenever you light it up! less