1910s Fine Rembrandt Bridge Floor Lamp, All Original, Arts & Crafts, Mission Style, Carnival Glass Shade

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Offering an exceptional, all-original bridge-style Rembrandt floor lamp with a lovely carnival glass shade in the arts and crafts, mission … Read more Offering an exceptional, all-original bridge-style Rembrandt floor lamp with a lovely carnival glass shade in the arts and crafts, mission style. The patina on this lamp is in excellent condition, never having been polished by an over-zealous owner. The lamp has been rewired, of course. The base is signed on the underside, in the mold. Hard to read, but it's there! The base and some of the other elements are made of cast iron. The long poles and the socket, and its cover, are solid brass. The device above the socket swivels to allow the light to be turned in any direction; it stays put once that is done.

Rembrandt designed and manufactured some of the very finest lighting -- table lamps, floor lamps, sconces and more, including various household objects like cigarette tables with marble tops. When you find a lamp you'll hear the words "It's a Rembrandt!"

The carnival glass shade has been added to this lamp. The original shade would have screwed onto the bottom of the socket and might have been made of a decorated screen or mica. The carnival glass shade does not photograph well, appearing in the pictures as though there's a "hot spot." This doesn't appear to the naked eye at all; the shade lights up in a very even manner.

Dimensions: about 58 inches at the highest point. The base has a diameter (including the feet) of about 12 inches (which means among other things that it's very stable). The opening of the shade is about 5 inches, and what you see of it is about that high when it's installed. See less