Edouard Colonna (1862-1948), Art Nouveau Lamp, Signed, Circa 1900

Art Nouveau lamp base in silvered brass presenting at the base four leaves of water in relief, whose stems form the barrel, at the top of which two plant elements support a flower bud and meet at the top by a small flower forming a support for lampshade. Hollow signature "colonna", model created in 1903. Art Nouveau period, 20th century. Édouard Colonna, born in 1862 in Mülheim (currently a district of Cologne), and died in 1948, was a French goldsmith. He is one of the young artists discovered by Siegfried Bing, one of the main promoters of Art Nouveau. The Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris retains some of his pieces, characterized by a very sinuous style. When William Cornelius Van Horne purchased the Van Horne House in Montreal in 1889, he hired Colonna to renovate the interior. Notes and References Notice at metmuseum.org. ↑ Martin Drouin, "Maison Van Horne (1870-1973): a founding destruction" [archive], on Encyclopedia of the cultural heritage of French America, 2007 (consulted on January 22, 2022)