$47,500
Overall fair vintage condition.
Heavy losses to chrome plating throughout. Missing one screw to top panel. Slight separation of lamp body from base on one corner. A couple of minor chips to glass panels, about 1/4" each, difficult to see. One leaded glass panel slightly loose. We recommend complete rewiring; no longer in working order.
DONALD DESKEY (1894 - 1989); DESKEY-VOLLMER INC. Rare lamp, New York, ca. 1927; Chromed brass, enameled wood, frosted and molded leaded glass, two sockets; Unmarked; 11" x 8 1/2" x 5 1/4"; Provenance: Private collection, Pennsylvania; An example of this model is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Deskey-Vollmer, Inc.
USA
Auctioneer:
Rago
Date:
2019-01-20
