Egyptian Inspired Alabaster Lady Floor Lamp with Globe Shade
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A stylish early 20th century alabaster floor standing lady lamp, the semi naked woman with pendant chain necklace and similar belt in Egyptian inspired design. She holds her flowing skirt in her right hand, her left towards the two-piece globe lamp shade. Raised on white and grey circular marble base. Minor faults, height 112 cm.
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- Alabaster - Alabaster is soft natural stone used for statuary, with a similar appearance to marble, but easier to work with. As it is softer than marble, an item made from alabaster can be scratched with a metal object, and an alabaster item does not polish to a high surface gloss like marble.
Alabaster objects can be semi-translucent. Alabaster occurs in a pure white form and also with veining from dirt. Colours vary from white through yellow and pink to brown. The veining is usually green or black but can be multicoloured.
Being semi-translucent, alabaster is often used for the bowls of figural lamps, with the figure itself being either alabaster or marble.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- floor lamps 1,002
- standard lamps 1,002