STEUBEN 1915 Antique Arts & Crafts Roycroft Table Lamp With Gold Aurene Art Glass Shade
Art nouveau table lamp by Roycroft and Steuben.
This is a fabulous table-desk lamp, created in New York United States by the Roycroft Lamp Company and the Steuben Company. The lamp components is an authentic Aurene Art Glass Bell Shade with golden iridescence. The beautiful lamp is rare, from the Arts & Crafts Movement and was crafted around the 1915 with a base in polished gilt bronze. Roycroft often purchased directly from Steuben specifically to use on their bronze lamp bases. The lamp is gorgeous with great eye appeal, and with the original cord, which looks to be in good condition, but we always recommend wiring be properly checked out before using this lamp in your home. Aside from some wear to the gilt bronze surface, this Antique Arts & Crafts Lamp is in gorgeous condition. It is fitted with a pull chain to on and off.
Steuben Glass
This is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning. Carder was an Englishman (born September 18, 1863) who had many years' experiences designing glass for Stevens & Williams in England. Hawkes purchased the glass blanks for his cutting shop from many sources and eventually wanted to start a factory to make the blanks himself. Hawkes convinced Carder to come to Corning and manage such a factory. Carder, who had been passed over for promotion at Stevens and Williams, consented to do so. In 1918, Steuben was acquired by Corning Glass Works and became the Steuben Division.
Roycroft Lamp Company
Roycroft products were made by the Roycrofter community of East Aurora, New York, from 1895 until 1938. The community was founded by Elbert Hubbard, famous philosopher, writer, and artist. In 1913 as the turning point for the Roycroft Copper Shop, starting an “era that would last for more than 15 years and provide today’s collectors with numerous examples of more than 20 different lamp models to pursue and collect.” Completion of the Grove Park Inn’s 1913 commission for hundreds of Roycroft table lamps and ceiling lights financed the expansion of the Copper Shop and enabled them to become the leading producer of hammered copper Arts and Crafts lamps for the next two decades. From 1913 through 1920, the Roycroft Copper Shop focused on lamps that combined a hammered copper base with a hammered shade with or without mica panels. The largest, model #904 was designed by Victor Toothaker shortly after he completed the Grove Park Inn commission. It was produced for only four years before being replaced by a smaller, less expensive version. In the 1920s the Roycrofters solved this problem by combining their hammered copper bases with blown glass shades from Steuben, a division of the Corning Glass Works company. Beginning in 1925, the Roycrofters offered a less expensive, but nowhere near as attractive table lamp with a vellum or parchment shade. Since Karl Kipp had replaced Victor Toothaker as foreman around 1915, it is believed that Kipp played a major role in the design of the later Roycroft lamp bases.
Country: United States.
Date: Circa 1915-1922.
Materials: Steuben Art-glass and gilt bronze.
Art glass manufacturer: STEUBEN, 1915.
Lamp base manufacturer: Roycroft, 1922.
Weight: About 20 Pounds, (9.07 Kg).
Measurements: The bronze base measuring is 5 inches in diameter by 16 inches to the top of the finial ()127 mm by 406 mm). This ribbed art glass shade measures are 11 inches in diameter by 4.6 inches tall (280 by 117 mm).
Literature: Larry Koon, Roycroft Furniture and Collectibles, 2003. For similar lamps illustrated.
Condition: The overall condition of this Steuben/Roycroft lamp is very good. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to any part. This lamp has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: D101724MSEM/.6730
