A Near Pair of Murano Glass Table Lamps

A Near Pair of Murano Glass Table Lamps Each raised on a canted rectangular brass base, the tapering cylindrical shaft formed of clear glass twisted with an opaque white spiral cane, joined by ring-turned brass collars to a brass gallery and reeded nozzle; fitted with later cream card empire shades. The barley-twist glass column set within a brass architectural frame is a treatment much favoured in Continental lighting design of the 1970s, marrying the Murano tradition of cane-worked glass rods with the crisper, more tailored brasswork associated with French and Italian decorative lighting of the period . The faceted octagonal footprint and ring-turned collars lend the pair a restrained, columnar formality suited to a traditional or Italy, late 20th Century