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Pair of 19th C. Pink Marble Classical Urn Lamps browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Furnishings:Lighting:Tabletop: Pre 1900: Item # 715044
Lifestyle Antiques 2264 Lillie Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93067 805-969-5474 Guest Book $4,250 for the pair of lamps |
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| Diminutive Pair of Rose Pink Marble Lamps with Gilt Bronze details of the engaged columns and on the Urn itself, very well detaied. Illustrated in the images of the Urn resting on a footed plinth with a wooden base, and the shades are of a color to compliment the Marble coloration and with a little gilt decoration on the handmade parchment shade. H:22.5' to top of finial, H: 8 3/4" of the shade itself, W:12 1/4" of the shade. The word "marble" derives from the Greek marmaros, "shining stone" Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite (a crystalline form of ). It is extensively used for sculpture, as a building material, and in many other applications. Pure white marble is the result of metamorphism of very pure limestones. The characteristic swirls and veins of many colored marble varieties are usually due to various mineral impurities such as clay, silt, sand, iron oxides, or chert which were originally present as grains or layers in the limestone. The early history of Marble from the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean basin provided access to colored stones: yellow marble (giallo antico) from Tunisia, purple and white marble (pavonazzetto) from Turkey, and red, green, and black marbles from Greece. Egypt was the richest source of color, providing red, gray, and black granite, basalts and sedimentary stones, and even black volcanic glass (obsidian). Sardonyx was imported from as far as India. With the rich colors the Romans were the first to use marble in slabs, as a wall application. This is because it was the Romans who invented cement, which was needed to hold the marble tiles in place. Henceforth, marble laboriously cut out of a quarry went much farther that when being used in solid blocks. The city of Rome was redone with marble, to become the most beautiful city in the known world. Most visitors to museums are used to seeing Roman sculpture in white marble. Since the Renaissance, white marble has been a preferred material for carving, and until recently ancient sculpture was often deliberately cleaned with dilute acid or the original painted decoration has been lost through natural processes. Surprisingly, however, the Romans were avid users of colored materials in sculpture. As illustrated the detail and coloration of this pair of Marble Urns are quite unusual and rich in color. LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European antique furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting. | ||||||||||||
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