Name/Title
French Art Nouveau art glass lamp shade, c. 1912Entry/Object ID
2018.17.2Description
Acc. No. 18.17.2
Subject Category: Household, decorative
Date or Period: circa 1912
Object: Shade, electric fixture
Description: A concave circular-shaped light fixture shade. The exterior surface is acid decorated with interlocking orange-colored flowers with a glossy finish. The rim and the partial flower stems are in a cobalt blue colored glass. The decorative designs are placed on a multicolored tan and orange acid finish art glass. The rim has an incised signature, "La Verre Francais, France." ("La Verre" means "glass shade" in French.)
Size: D-16”
History of Object: A French Art Nouveau art glass shade removed from a hanging bowl-shaped light fixture at the Charles Martin residence at 1419 Mound Street, Alameda, which was built in 1912.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Date: 03/24/2018Interpretative Labels
Label
1/12/2021 MvL: current sign:
French 'Art Nouveau'
ART GLASS SHADE
removed from a hanging bowl light fixture at the Chas. Martin home at 1419 Mound St., which was erected in 1912.
