Antique Italian Art Nouveau Carved + Painted Wood Floor Lamp
An Italian Art Nouveau floor lamp from the early 20th century, sourced in Emilia-Romagna.
Standing over six feet tall, the lamp is constructed in wood with a slender, tapered column rising from a broad circular base. Its dark ground is extensively decorated with carved and polychrome floral motifs in deep red, black, green and touches of blue, with fine incised lines defining petals, leaves and radiating geometric details.
The decoration extends nearly the full height of the lamp. Large flowers and overlapping foliage wrap around the lower column, while the narrower upper stem continues the pattern on a smaller scale. At the base, another field of carved flowers spreads across the circular platform, which is raised on three spherical feet.
The lamp belongs to the Italian interpretation of Art Nouveau known as Stile Liberty, or Stile Floreale, which brought botanical imagery, craftsmanship and rich surface decoration into furniture and the decorative arts. Here, the unusually tall, architectural silhouette provides a counterpoint to the dense floral carving, giving the piece a distinctly graphic quality from across a room.
The carved decoration is particularly compelling up close, where areas of exposed wood appear through the incised lines and worn painted surface. The age and wear have softened the palette without obscuring the handwork, leaving the lamp with a character that would be difficult to reproduce in a later decorative piece.
Finished with a newly sourced black fabric shade.
DIMENSIONS: 21.5"W x 21.5"D x 75"H
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ORIGIN: Italy
PERIOD: 1960s
MATERIALS: Wood
CONDITION:
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