Lot #36: Vintage Hollywood Regency Etched Brass Chinoiserie Table Lamp

Vintage Hollywood Regency Etched Brass Chinoiserie Table Lamp Add a touch of vintage elegance to your home with this Hollywood Regency style table lamp, featuring an etched brass Chinoiserie design and a textured paper shade. This piece features a detailed four-stepped geometric brass base. Minor age patina adds to its authentic vintage charm, making it a unique and eye-catching accent piece. Category: Fine Art & Antiques / Mid-Century Lighting Overall Dimensions: 25 in. Height x 14 in. Width (Measured with shade and finial) Base Footprint: Approx. 6 in. x 6 in. Up for auction is a magnificent example of mid-century Hollywood Regency design: a premium, substantial solid brass table lamp featuring intricate, hand-etched Chinoiserie artwork. The Structure: Unlike lighter variants, this piece features a heavy, fully enclosed four-sided brass base. The flared "pillow" or bracket-shaped body tapers down symmetrically into a classic Art Deco geometric tiered square pedestal platform. The Etched Motif: The front facade boasts a finely hand-etched East Asian pastoral landscape. Enclosed within a multi-lobed decorative border, the scene depicts a traditional ox-herd boy wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat leading a heavily detailed water buffalo across rolling hills—a timeless Asian artistic symbol of rural harmony and Zen parables. The Finial: Topped with its highly collectible, original vintage open-work brass "Bi Disc" cloud finial, showcasing intricate cutout clouds and geometric floral symbols representing heaven. The Shade: Fitted with its original multi-panel fabric bell/pagoda-style lampshade featuring a subtle, premium textured "cracked-paper" pattern that diffuses a beautifully warm, luxurious glow. Condition Report Exterior Finish: Excellent vintage condition. The heavy brass body has been preserved in a highly reflective, mirror-like state showing minimal age-appropriate surface patina and no deep pitting. Electrical: Fully wired with a clear-coated cord and operational inline turn-switch. Ready for immediate display in a library, den, or sophisticated home office It's like this lamp was transported straight from a glamorous movie set! Pickup at Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue Pickup category timeslot {A}