An Art Nouveau Pate sur Pate table lamp, with a brass base, cap and stem and two light sockets, and with an oval box pleated ivory silk shade, measuring overall approx. 21-1/2"H and 5" in diameter at the base. The body of the lamp is a fresh green with a lighter green in two opposing panels, surrounded by gilt detailing. Inside the panels are white images of day and night personified as beautiful winged nymphs, each with an accompanying cherub flying below. The sun above day is lavender. Note that the surrounding gilt decorations are different on each side, including a bird and a butterfly above and below day and a bat and an owl above and below night. No maker's marks were found, though the lamp was not disassembled.
550/700
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