Ruvo Lamp — Pair

Ruvo Lamp — PairInspired by an ancient Apulian thymiaterion (incense burner) that we saw at the Museo Archeologico Provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano in Lecce. Built around a tall shaft rising to a cup where aromatic resins were left to smoulder, the thymiaterion is the most naturally lamp like of ancient forms a vertical ritual object reimagined, two and a half thousand years on, as a base for light. Thymiateria were used throughout the Mediterranean from at least

The original George II period chair

A massive and very decorative feather & down-filled cushion or pillow

A superb late 19th century pair of Queen Anne style etched mirror wall lights

promoted by the Prince Regent's whimsical confection of the Brighton Pavilion

used in Antiquity

above a stars-and-stripes shield and flags

As with the present example

finest examples of French and English furniture were supplied under Henry Holland's guidance by Dominique Daguerre

and versions in Jasper were in production by 1787

25 in / 44 cm

from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' by Marco Carloni (Italian

In 1811 Gillows' supplied a 'Five drawer Dressing Table with rim on turned reeded legs' for Parlington Hall