Henri Chaumeil 1930s Art Deco Ceramic and Chrome Uplight Floor Lamp Torchère

Description

Beautiful and rare original French Art Deco chrome and ceramic uplight floor lamp or torchère (torchiere) by Henri Chaumeil (1877-1944). … more Beautiful and rare original French Art Deco chrome and ceramic uplight floor lamp or torchère (torchiere) by Henri Chaumeil (1877-1944). Tall chromed metal base with three hexagonal poles and faceted base in shiny chrome and black finish patina. The top of the torchiere is built with a tall ceramic tulip-shaped shade in green celadon finish glaze with dimensional black ring handles. The inside of the shade has a glossy white glaze finish. In between the shade and the chromed base stands two heavy and thick glass slabs with faceted carving. Typical modernist Art Deco design. The signature monogram of Henri Chaumeil is visible by the transparency underside of the ceramic shade. The floor lamp has been fully rewired to fit US standards.
Measurements: The floor lamp's total high is 67 in. (170 cm) - The base is 14 in. diameter (35.5 cm) - The ceramic shade alone is 9.44 in. diameter (24 cm) x 14 in. high (35.5 cm).

About:
Henri Chaumeil (1877-1944), France.
Trained by his father Aristide, he exhibits his works shortly before 1914 at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. After working during the war in a factory of fire-ceramics, he settles down in Moret-sur-Loing and then comes back to Paris where he studies at l'Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. Henri Chaumeil takes part in the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, and his fame keeps growing. With the help of his son Paul (1902-1984), he achieves a style of ornamental and utilitarian china of irreproachable quality, thus confirming his perfect mastery of the "petit feu ceramics".
In the "petit feu ceramics", the metal oxides, mixed with fluxing agents, are placed on an enameled earthenware already cooked, which makes it possible to cook the colors at a lower temperature and to obtain nuanced tones which would otherwise burn like roses, gold, or pale green. This decorating technique was first used in Strasbourg, France in 1749, and most of the earthenware factories in Europe did the same afterward. less