Etched Glass Ceiling Fixture by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
Italy
c. 1935
Early hanging light with 5 standard sockets. Beautiful etched glass dish incised with foliage and butterflies (decorazione G), from an early Fontana Arte catalog. Center brass rod, stylized finial and acid-etched, circular glass diffuser.
h. 23" diam. 28"
Good original condition. Oxidation to brass, and some loss to paint near the sockets. Small chip to etched glass dish.
$15,500.
Ref: 62 PC 05