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Lamp Support

1862-1863 (made)
Artist/Maker
Leopold Oudry Foundry (maker)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Statuette of a female figure, semi-clothed, holding a cornucopia and intended as a support for a lamp.


Object details

Categories
Lighting
Metalwork
Sculpture
Object type
Lamp support
Materials and techniques
Cast-iron, electro-coppered and bronzed
Iron
Copper
Casting
Electro-Coppering
Bronzing
Brief description
Statuette of a female figure, cast iron, electro-coppered and bronzed, Leopold Oudry Foundry, Auteuil, Paris, ca.1862-1863
Physical description
Statuette of a female figure, semi-clothed, holding a cornucopia and intended as a support for a lamp.
Dimensions
  • Height: 63.5in
  • Width: 16in (maximum)
Associated object
17-1864 (Pair)
Bibliographic references
  • The Repertory of Patent Inventions and other Discoveries and Improvements in Art, Manufactures and Agriculture, Enlarged Series, Volume XXVII, January to June 1856, pp. 76-78
  • The Gas Journal, Volume 13, 1864, p. 98
  • Jean Baptiste Alexandre Baille, Wonders of Electricity, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1872, pp. 312-313
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
18-1864

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O325028/lamp-support-leopold-oudry-foundry/
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