Topic: Need Help Identifying Glass Marbro Lamp

[lina]

Hello,

I have a large scale Marbro Lamp that I believe could be attributed to Flavio Poli. Can anyone verify this from the photos?

The Height: 4 ft. 5 in.
Diameter: 7 in.

Thank you for any help.

Lina

[obscurities]

Hello, Welcome to the board. It is a gorgeous lamp, but it is certainly not like any Poli designs I have seen. Marbro sourced glass from a wide variety of companies, including Italian and Swedish, and likely other countries also.

IMHO, I would look somewhere other than Italy for the source of the glass, as it does not strike me as strongly Italian.

Craig

[lina]

Hi Craig,

Sorry not to write back sooner to thank you for your opinion. The reason I posted the question to begin with is because I ran across this antique dealer selling the same exact lamp that I have and he attributes the glass to Poli. If you are interested here is a link to his shop and the description that he uses for his lamp.
http://home114.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_item_detail.php?id=183064

Thanks again for your help,
Marcellina

[obscurities]

Hi Marcelinna,

No apology necessary....

Unfortunately, as with many on 1stdibs, the price is ridiculous and the attribution is fantasy in an attempt to support their hopes of how much they can sell it for.... to someone with more money than sense.......someday....  The dealer also appears to have the final disadvantage of being located in a region of NY which may be the unequivocal capital of overpriced and inaccurately described collectibles, at least in the US.  The only portions of their description which I would believe are the measurements, and the Marbro attribution, and only because it has a sticker... 

Craig