LOYS LUCHA FRENCH 1930 ART DECO CHANDELIER. Pendant lamp daum era France

  

A beautiful French 1930 art deco chandelier in nickel plated solid brass or bronze holding a bowl by the glass manufactory of Loÿs Lucha. Based in Paris Boulogne-sur-Seine this company was specialized in enameled glasses in art deco style. In French art deco lighting we can only find a similar high quality enamelled glass by Maxonade Aurys and the Daum related company Leune in Nancy. Around 1930 Chaffard moved to 31 rue Fernand Pelloutier in Boulogne-billancourt.

The shade of this chandelier is done in enameled glass in the center and an acid engraved border. The center received a decoration outlined in relief on the outside.

The enameled colors were placed in the deeper parts. The bowl is signed Loÿs Lucha. A similar one is represented in the 1931 Lucha catalog. This decoration was called "Zetty".

The fixture has a total drop of 44.5 cm (17-1/2") and a diameter of 40 cm (15-3/4"). It's in very good condition. I have re-nickeled and patinated the fixture with its beautiful canopy. The chandelier holds a US standard base socket. For Europe I will place a E27 one.

Check out over 400 other French art deco lamps in my shop. Art deco lamps made in France were equiped with B22 bayonet sockets. For most countries like Europe or the US such sockets are practicaly impossible to use. For instance in the States 110 volt bulbs with B22 fitters are obscure, very hard to find and only one model bulb in very limited wattages is available. In spite of what sellers of unrestored pieces of poor quality claim in their ads when they offer lamps with bayonet caps sockets : except for the UK and Australia French chandeliers and lamps need to be rewired for your country.

In order to fit Edison large or small screw base bulbs as used in the USA, B22 sockets have to be replaced by American candelabra base or standard/medium size Edison screw-in sockets. E14 and E27 are modern replacements for European countries. An additional complication is that the size thread used in early French lighting to connect the sockets to the chandelier mountings or lamp bases is not compatible with the modern size threads used in the USA and Europe.

New American or European sockets do not just screw on to the old lamp fixtures. In order to make it possible to use an original old French chandelier or lamp with modern screw bulb bases, a specialized restorer will have to re-tap the threads. All my cleaned and restored chandeliers, sconces and lamps come rewired with the correct sockets you will need to use modern bulbs in your country. This item is in the category "Antiques\Architectural & Garden\Chandeliers, Sconces & Lighting Fixtures". The seller is "paravas" and is located in this country: NL.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Style: Art Deco
2. Decade: 1920s
3. Maker: Loys Lucha
4. Material: enamelled glass, acid engraved glass, Brass, Bronze, Glass
5. Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
6. Country of Origin: France
7. Type: Pendant
8. Features: Nickeled, Restored, Updated Wiring
9. Color: Multi-Color