Regent Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
This opulent antique table lamp features a Doric Capital above a striking taping fluted cylinder shaft, and it stands on a beautiful acanthus leaf base with a decorative cut of pyramid pedistal on scroll feet.
Add an element of Classical style to your home with this exquisite antique silver-plated table lamp.
Condition:
Dimensions in cm:
Height 56 x Width 18 x Depth 18
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 foot, 10 inches x Width 7 inches x Depth 7 inches
A Doric column has a very plain, straightforward design, much more simple than the later Ionic and Corinthian column styles. A Doric column is also thicker and heavier than an Ionic or Corinthian column. For this reason, the Doric column is sometimes associated with strength and masculinity. Believing that Doric columns could bear the most weight, ancient builders often used them for the lowest level of multi-story buildings, reserving the more slender Ionic and Corinthian columns for the upper levels.
Ancient builders developed several Orders, or rules, for the design and proportion of buildings, including the columns. Doric is one of the earliest and most simple of the Classical Orders set down in ancient Greece. An Order includes the vertical column and the horizontal entablature.
Doric designs developed in the western Dorian region of Greece in about the 6th century BC. They were used in Greece until about 100 BC. Romans adapted the Greek Doric column but also developed their own simple column, which they called Tuscan.
Our reference: A2467a
Regent Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Antique Victorian Silver Plated Doric Column Table Lamp C.1880 19th C
