Marbro Lamp Co. Signed Camille Tharaud (1878-1956) Enameled Porcelain Lamps, Limoges - a Pair

Description

Designed by Marbro Lamp Co., each ovoid-form lamp decorated with slender wheat sheaths resting on a gilt-metal base over an … more Designed by Marbro Lamp Co., each ovoid-form lamp decorated with slender wheat sheaths resting on a gilt-metal base over an ebonized wooden stand; signed on underside; Camille Tharaud first studied chemistry as a young man, but after an injury during WWI, he convalesced in Limoges, France where he began his work with porcelain, opening up his own factory in 1920.
height: 20" (top of porcelain) 33" (top of shade) width: 8" depth: 8"

1925 - International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts 
1927- 1933  - Paris Salon of Decorative Artists
1931 - Musée de Sèvres, Exhibition of works by modern ceramists 1890-1930
1937 - Universal Exhibition of 1937
1939 - New York: Exhibition of the Limoges Porcelain Group less