Georges-Marius Boretti

GEORGES MARIUS BORETTI (1908-?)
Harlequin" desk lamp, ca. 1930.
Nickel-plated bronze.
Fixed arm, movable shade.
Bibliography: -Thierry Roche "The decorative arts in Lyon 1910-1950", Beau-fixe edition, 1999, p. 49.
Measurements: 29 cm (height); 44 cm (total length).

Table or desk lamp in nickel-plated bronze and Art Deco style. On a stepped base stands the sculpture of a harlequin playing the accordion, between two pilasters in the form of bugles set into each other as plant shoots. One of them arches to form the arm of the lamp, which ends with a truncated pyramidal diffuser.

Georges-Marius Boretti was initially recognized for his qualities as a sculptor. He put his talents as a creator and designer at the service of the art of lighting Déco. In his time, Lustrerie G.M. Boretti was internationally recognized. Boretti worked extensively with the architect Georges Curtelin (1899-1968), an important figure in Lyon's sacred art of the 1920s. Numerous buildings, in Lyon and in France, display his lighting choices.