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From the Parisian Atelier Petitot came some of thefinest, most sleek Modernist lighting designs of the era, and this example, inits extraordinarily elegant simplicity, would be among the very best.
The top, the nickel-plated (brass) \"canopy,\"affixes flush against the ceiling and the overall length is about 19 1/2inches; it\'s about 17 and a half inches in diameter. Frosted glass overall, it\'s decorated withbands of clear glass.
Newly rewired and fitted with (2) French bayonetsockets. Both are installed with a\"reducer,\" a screw-in device which allows the use of Americancandelabra sockets, which top out at 60 watts each. Or, take these out and use bayonet-mountingbulbs, which are readily available in many wattages and sizes, even forAmerican current 110-120, on the Internet.
All parts of the metal (brass) apparatus have beenre-plated in nickel, with a brushed-appearing finish (notmirror-finished).
Outer space was one of the fascinations andpreoccupations of the Art Deco-Modernist era, and this lighting fixture speakswell to those enthusiasms. You\'ll enjoyyour own trips around planetary rings whenever you light it up!
