karl-bock-german-american-1888-1975-pair-of-biedermeier-style-torchiere-floor-lamps
Lot 363
Karl Bock (German/American, 1888-1975), Pair of Biedermeier Style Torchiere Floor Lamps
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1940, mahogany with ebony inlays, metal liners on faux grain painted fluted columns and ebonized plinths with switch.

66.5 x 9 in. diameter

From the Estate of the late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC

Bock, a renowned interior designer, was brought down from New York in the 1930s to design and furnish several interiors for the Duke family and University. This dining room suite was custom built for the Pinecrest residence.

Need to be rewired; some gesso chips and paint loss to fluted columns.

$400 - 800