Bidspirit auction | A Giuseppe Armani for Florence
A Giuseppe Armani for Florence Sculture d’Arte Table Lamp Elegant Lady with Poodle 1987 - A late 20th-century table lamp produced by Florence Sculture d’Arte, featuring a figurine designed by Giuseppe Armani titled Elegant Lady with Poodle, model 498CL. The hand-painted cold-cast porcelain figurine depicts a woman in early 20th-century fashion, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a feather and a tailored suit with a fur-trimmed stole, holding a lead for a white poodle. The figurine is mounted on a tiered circular wooden base with a dark mahogany-style finish. The lamp includes a brass-toned central column and a domed pink fabric shade with braided trim and a tiered fringe of clear and frosted glass beads. The reverse of the porcelain base features a blue crowned N mark, an incised Giuseppe Armani signature, and a stamped mark reading © 1987 FLORENCE. A gold oval foil label on the wooden base is printed with FLORENCE GIUSEPPE ARMANI. The lamp is fitted with a gold-coloured flex and a European-style two-pin plug. Height: 90 cm Base Diameter: 20 cm.