Noverdy (Nouvelle Verrerie de Dijon) | 2 Pate-de-verre Wall Lights | France c.1930

£1,195.00

Product Code: JAL0097

An attractive pair of wrought-iron wall appliques designed with foliage and supporting  “pate-de-verre” lampshades each with acid-stencilled mark “Noverdy, France”. France, c.1930

Please Note:

  • Price for the pair
  • Not available to buy seperately

Dimensions/ Specifications:

  • Ht.(overall)30/12, Ht.(backplate)26/10, W.10/4, Dpth.20/8

Not Included:

  • 2 x B.22  (4w or 6w) L.E.D golf/candle bulb (Available to purchase in our accessories department)
  • Screw fixings

Noverdy (Nouvelle Verrerie de Dijon) 1920-40

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Verrerie des Vosges : René & Jean Drouhot

  • Noverdy was the commercial brand for the Nouvelle Verrerie de Dijon, a glassworks founded by the Drouhot family in Dijon, France in the 1920’s
  • Jean Drouhot was a student of the artist Henri Dubret and is believed to have worked at the Muller Frères factory in Lunéville before establishing his own enterprise.
  • Using the same techniques of Daum Frères, André Delatte and Muller Frères he created acid-etched vases and shades in the style of the school of Nancy.
  • In 1924 the family purchased Verrerie des Vosges. A glass factory in the Moselle based villages of Hoffmuhl and Lutzelbourg.
  • In 1925 Jean and René also took over the société anonyme des Verreries de Dijon. Which was a glass factory founded in 1893 producing tableware. They renamed it Nouvelle Verrerie de Dijon.
  • Between 1926 and 1928 Jean is present at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français in Paris under the pseudonym of Jean Noverdy.
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