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ANTIQUE #SA1106439

Antique Victorian Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Lamp 19th C

£625    $780    €748
This is a splendid antique Victorian silver-plated Corinthian column oil table lamp now converted to electricity, circa 1880 in date.
 
This decorative antique table lamp features an elegant Corinthian Capital decorated with classical ornate foliage in the form of splendid acanthus leaves above a striking fluted shaft, and it stands on a large and weighted partially stepped square base decorated with garlands.
 
 
 
Add an element of classical style to your home with this exquisite antique silver-plated table lamp.
 
Condition:
 
 
 
In excellent working condition having been beautifully cleaned and rewired, please see photos for confirmation.
 
Dimensions in cm:
 
Height 69 cm x Width 17 cm x Depth 17 cm
 
Dimensions in inches:
 
Height 2 foot, 3 inches x Width 7 inches x Depth 7 inches
 
Corinthian capital
 
It has been suggested that the foliage of the Greek Corinthian capital was based on the Acanthus spinosus, that of the Roman on the Acanthus mollis. The leaves are generally carved in two ''ranks'' or bands, like one leafy cup set within another. One of the most beautiful Corinthian capitals is that from the Tholos of Epidaurus (400 BC); it illustrates the transition between the earlier Greek capital, as at Bassae, and the Roman version that Renaissance and modern architects inherited and refined.
 
In Roman architectural practice, capitals are briefly treated in their proper context among the detailing proper to each of the ''Orders'', in the only complete architectural textbook to have survived from classical times, the Ten Books on Architecture, by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, better known just as Vitruvius, dedicated to the emperor Augustus. The various orders are discussed in Vitruvius'' books iii and iv. Vitruvius describes Roman practice in a practical fashion. He gives some tales about the invention of each of the Orders, but he does not give a hard and fast set of canonical rules for the execution of capitals.
 
 
 
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Antique #SA1106439, shown on this page, originates from 1880. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1880
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