Jean-Michel Frank, Rare floor lamp (sold), vue 01
Jean-Michel Frank, Rare floor lamp (sold), vue 01

Jean-Michel Frank, Rare floor lamp (sold)

Jean-Michel Frank (1895 - 1941)

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Rare floor lamp in glass (sold)
circa 1925

This model is known since 1925 : it is illustrated in period photographs in the living room of the dramaturge Alice Cerf, rue de l’Université, Paris, circa 1925 and in the music room of Coll Porter circa 1928. Nickel plated bronze circular base topped by a tubular glass stand and a parchment lamp shade, non original. Stamped ‘JMF’ under the base. A certificate from the Jean-Michel Frank Committee comes with this floor lamp.

Height of the stand 152,5 cm (60 in) - Height with lamp shade 186 cm (73 1⁄4 in) - Base diameter 23 cm (9 in)

Literature :
- Jean-Michel Frank, par Pierre-Emannuel Martin Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2006, p. 87 pour un modèle identique
- photographie d’époque du salon d’Alice Cerf vers 1925., p. 108 pour un modèle identique
- photographie d’époque du salon de musique de Cole Porter, vers 1928, pp. 275 et 306 pour des modèles identiques.

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