L.134

A Belgian floor lamp by Lempereur & Bernard with an imposing size and a round marble table in the centre. Dated around 1890-1910.

A stately, large floor lamp with additional candleholders and marble table; a rare find on eBay Germany. An antique dealer from Bad Neuenahr had offered the lamp on eBay, but only for self-collection. Therefore, the number of bidders was quite low and I was the lucky new owner. Maria and I then made a nice trip to Bad Neuenahr and picked up the lamp.

The lamp must have been electrified in the past. Because the middle part of the burner with the central draft had been removed, and the typical flame disc of the L&B lamps was also missing. How fortunate that a few days earlier I had bought the almost identical brass font with the same burner complete with the flame disc from France. Therefore, I was able to swap it all out and the floor lamp was quite complete!

As the Rochester shade supplied is rather high and the usual 18’’’ Matador chimneys for Belgian lamps hardly protrude from the neck of the shade, I used a chimney from France that fits well in dimensions but is quite long.

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Font, burner with flame disc and glass chimney.

Cleaning and repairs:
Brass band of the marble table soldered with backed brass plate.

Lamp body:
Floor lamp on three ornamental feet of cast brass, stand side length 41 cm. Column of vertically ribbed brass. In the centre a round table of marble surrounded by a decorated ring of brass sheet. Lamp with telescopic extension variable in height.
Vase made of decorated brass sheet; at the bottom with holes for the central draft.
Spare font of decorated sheet brass, Ø 150 mm, marked: Marque Deposée L&B + sun face. Extra filler, cap marked: La Lampe Belge L&B. The font is marked at the bottom: La Lampe Belge Lempereur & Bernard.

Burner:
Center-draft burner of Lempereur & Bernard, Liège.
Wick knob marked: Marque Deposée L&B.
Original flame disc with two-tiered hat on tube, marked: Lempereur & Bernard Breveté.
Round wick Ø 31 mm.

Glass chimney:
20’’’ Matador chimney with slim bulge. Height 340 mm, Ø fitter 65 mm.
Bulge frosted; without brand.

Shade and shade holder:
Rochester shade, white milk glass, flat top rim.
Height 212 mm, Ø bottom 348 mm.
350 mm decorated shade holder; with 3 arms of ornamental cast brass connected to the vase. At the ends of these arms are candle holders. Total diameter with candle holders 67 cm.

Lamp dimensions:
Total height with chimney: minimum 176 cm, maximum 212 cm.
Total weight without candles 11.7 kg.