Kurt Versen
Kurt Versen American Art Deco Flip Top Floor Lamp and Torchiere
Kurt Versen (1901 - 1997) designed this American art deco aluminum and chrome floor lamp in the 1930’s. The lamp performs two functions; with the bowl up it is a torchiere, flip the bowl down and it is an excellent reading light, with Versen’s signature offset standard on the base. The lamp is 62" high as a torchiere, and 56 ½" high as a reading lamp. The fixture has been rewired, the metal polished and clear lacquered to protect it.
Rare KURT VERSEN American Art Deco Table Lamp
This very rare and important American art deco table lamp was designed in the early 1930’s by Kurt Versen (1901 – 1942). The lamp, virtually hand made, with its domed shade and flat thin base precedes the model advertised by him in the November 1934 Art & Decoration magazine…the copper domed shade has given way to a less expensive shade of cork or Toyo Paper. The support is 1” bronze tubing. The lamp has its original socket and works well. We have resisted the temptation to polish off almost eighty years of patina. The lamp is 16 ¼” high and the shade is 10” diameter.
Kurt Versen ”Flip” Lamp
This American art deco floor lamp/torchiere was designed by Kurt Versen (1889 – 1943) dates from the 1930’s and performs the function of two lamps. The top bowl flips down for use as a reading light. The light is of polished aluminum protected by clear lacquer. With Versen’s signature offset standard on base, the lamp measures 62” high as a torchiere and 56 ½” high as a reading lamp.
Pair Kurt Versen Torchieres
Kurt Versen (1889-1943) designed this powerful pair of American art deco torchieres in 1934. Their arrival was announced in the November 1934 issue of Arts & Decoration magazine. The lamps are chromium plated and have been rewired. They stand 69" high and the bowls are 20" in diameter.
Kurt Versen Convertible Torchiere/Reading Lamp
This American art deco floor lamp was designed by Kurt Versen (1889 – 1943) for Lightolier and is of polished copper and metal and has an enameled metal shade which swings up for indirect lighting. Similar lamps are pictured in the November 1934 issue of Art & Decoration and his advertisements in 1935. A similar lamp is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. The lamp stands 55 ½ high with the shade in the down position.