This light is a deco delight! Under an alabaster shade, a lithe lovely lady dances in an exotic costume. She is "Danseuse Des Indies" by Spanish sculptor Ignacio Gallo (deceased 1935) and is part of a lamp attributed to the American company JB Hirsch. The company was founded in 1907 by Romanian metal smith Joseph B. Hirsch and imported many parts from French foundries. After WWII, the company purchased a cache of hundreds of prewar molds and cast pieces from bankrupt French foundries. While the original sculptures would have been made of bronze with carved ivory faces, Hirsch cast the molds in spelter (a zinc alloy) and often used "ivorine" (celluloid) for the features, assembling them in creative art deco-inspired lamps.
This graceful dancer, often referred to as the "pixie" by collectors, is enameled spelter with a painted ivorine face and is framed by three metal pillars. The base is alabaster. This unique and luxurious lamp will light up any room it adorns, both figurally and literally!
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