Live Auction 3010The Decorative Arts Sale
A PAINTED IRON, WOOD AND GLASS TABLE LAMP
Lot 461

A PAINTED IRON, WOOD AND GLASS TABLE LAMP

DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD IN 1925, EXECUTED BEFORE 1975

Closed3 October 2012

Price Realised

EUR 15,000

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A PAINTED IRON, WOOD AND GLASS TABLE LAMP
Designed by Gerrit Th. Rietveld in 1925, executed before 1975
Constructed from three variously sized tubes, a wooden socket and a large partially painted bulb
38 cm. high x 15.5 cm. wide x 11.5 cm. deep

Truus Schröder-Schräder;
Bertus Mulder, Utrecht, since 1975.

Specialist note

"The table lamp was designed by Rietveld and Truus Schröder together in 1925. At that time Rietveld had his design studio in The Rietveld Schröder House. Besides the lamp Truus owned and which is visible on photos of the interior of the living floor in her house, she had a second copy. In 1975, when I completed the restoration of the exterior of her home to her great satisfaction, she gave me this one."

A similar lamp is in the collection of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (cat. nr. 101).