Lot 121

W. A. S. BENSON (1854-1924)
ARTS & CRAFTS BRASS AND COPPER CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900





Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
£6,875
Description
model 1093, the embossed ceiling rose above three branches, each cast with leafy boughs and suspending light fittings with Vaseline glass shades, stamped maker's marks to fittings BENSON, and to cast branches W.A.S. BENSON
Dimensions
102cm high, 40cm wide
Footnote
Literature: Hamerton, Ian (ed.) W. A. S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC, 2005, Appendix 1B, p. 257, pl. 3 where the design for this lamp is illustrated (no. 1093)




