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Carved French Boudoir Floor Lamp
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for sale €995     $1,080
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Carved French Boudoir Floor Lamp

1900 - 1920
For Sale by Elmgarden
Description

Carved French Boudoir Floor Lamp

This is a large and imposing piece, the lamp is in gold and with its elaborate silk brocade shade, very attractive and all working

The lamp is 71” tall with its 30” wide shade and 22” in diameter in the floor

WE271

Physical Dimensions
Height
180cm (70.87")
Width
76cm (29.92")
Declaration

Elmgarden has dated this Carved Gilt Floor Lamp to the 1900s.

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SA1140522
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WE271
Description
Carved French Boudoir Floor Lamp
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This is a large and imposing piece, the lamp is in gold and with its elaborate silk brocade shade, very attractive and all working.
Elmgarden

The lamp is 71” tall with its 30” wide shade and 22” in diameter in the floor

WE271

Height
180cm (70.87")
Width
76cm (29.92")
Date of Manufacture

Elmgarden has dated this Carved Gilt Floor Lamp to the 1900s.

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SA1140522
Dealers Internal Ref
WE271
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A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming.
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Archive I A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming.

Carved French Boudoir Floor Lamp

Archive II A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming. View II
Archive III A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming. View III
Archive IV Scale Reference for A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming.
Archive V A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming. View V
Archive VI A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming. View VI
Archive VII A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming. View VII
Archive VIII A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming. View VIII
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A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming.
Carved French Boudoir Floor Lamp
Ref: SA1140522
A tall antique carved giltwood floor lamp featuring a fluted column, scrolled tripod base, and a pleated cream fabric shade with embroidered trimming.
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  • ObjectFloor Lamps
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleFrench Chateau
  • MaterialGiltwood, Wood, Fabric
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsAcanthus leaf carving, Fluted column, Scrolled tripod base, Pleated shade
  • SizeH 180 cm (71 in) x W 76 cm (30 in)

This 1900 French Chateau floor lamp stands as an imposing piece finished in gold. The standard is formed of a fluted column with acanthus leaf carving, supported by a scrolled tripod base terminating in small rounded feet, and the whole is wired and working. At the top sits a large silk brocade shade in cream, finished with decorative pleated fabric and embroidered trimming around the scalloped lower edge. The design incorporates intricate mouldings and turned woodwork throughout the giltwood structure. Practical dimensions measure 180 cm in height and 76 cm in width, requiring a generous footprint for placement. A tall antique lighting fixture of this scale suits an empty corner in a principal reception room or a spacious bedroom, providing warm ambient illumination while adding traditional French character to an interior.

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French boudoir floor lamps typically showcase delicate carved ornamentation, gilded wood finishes, and classic design motifs such as acanthus leaves and fluted columns derived from Louis XV and Rococo aesthetics. They were created to provide soft, diffuse lighting in intimate living quarters or bedrooms.

Traditional construction paired hand-carved hardwood, such as beech or walnut, with water gilding using genuine gold leaf over gesso. Shades were commonly crafted from woven silk or cotton featuring pleating and fringed trimmings.

Authentic period pieces display natural hand-carving irregularities beneath the surface, faint joinery lines, and subtle wear or rubbing to the gilding revealing the reddish bole or plaster gesso underneath.

Positioning a gilded floor lamp in a reading corner alongside contemporary tailored seating or beside a minimalist mantlepiece creates an engaging textural contrast between antique craft and modern design.

Dust giltwood gently using a soft, dry microfibre cloth or camel-hair brush, avoiding liquid cleaners or abrasive polishes which can erode the thin layer of gold leaf and gesso backing.
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