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Lampshade for the Dining Room Lamp at the Masó House
Rafael Masó1915/1915
Rafael Masó Foundation
Girona, Spain
Due to conservation and light sensitivity issues, the object is not always on display. Instead, a replica was commissioned in 2012 to hang from the actual dining room lamp
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Details
- Title: Lampshade for the Dining Room Lamp at the Masó House
- Creator Lifespan: 1880-08-16/1935-07-13
- Creator Nationality: Catalan
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Girona
- Creator Birth Place: Girona
- Date: 1915/1915
- Location: Girona, Spain, Spain
- Provenance: Rafael Masó Pagès and Paula Valentí Fuster, Girona. Esperança Bru Oller, Girona. Josep Masó Bru, Barcelona., Fundació Rafael Masó. Gift of Jordi Masó Bru, 2010
- Physical Dimensions: w124 x h19,5 cm (complete)
- Exhibition history: Casa Masó: els dibuixos de l'arquitecte [Casa Masó: The Architect's Drawings], Casa Masó, Girona, from April 28, 2012 to January 27, 2013
- Description: This is the second lampshade that Masó created for the large hanging lamp in his parent’s dining room, in place of the original he had designed in 1910. The flounce features four groups of satin and taffeta campanulas over a background of painted green leaves, to be hung from each of the lamp’s four sides, alternated with yellow moiré fabric. The fine and varied needlework was carried out by two of the architect’s sisters, Paula and Angelina.
- Architect: Rafael Masó
- Type: Needlework
- Rights: Digital image by Jordi Puig / Fundació Rafael Masó
- External Link: Fundació Rafael Masó
- Medium: Satin, taffeta, cotton, gouache and ink
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