A. Fichet/Hanots Pair of Art Deco Wall Sconces in Bronze and Molded Pressed Glass

  
Antoine Fichet/Verrerie des Hanots: pair of double sconces in silvered bronze and molded-pressed glass. This pair of sconces from the late 1920s is a production by the Lyonnais lighting bronzier Antoine Fichet. The sconces, made of silvered bronze, consist of a backplate topped with a basket of stylized fruits and flowers. Two decorative arms and their modern scalloped socket covers complete the design. Each backplate is marked with the manufacturer's imprint: A.

Fichet Lyon (see image no. A hanging hole is present at the back of the backplates. The four light points are fitted with B22 bayonet sockets. The glassware consists of four frosted white molded-pressed glass bowls with geometric patterns and stylized fruit decorations that match the designs on the backplates.

This unsigned glassware is well-known from the production of Verreries des Hanots, which appears in the manufacturer’s period catalog (see image no. In the same series, a basin, a dome, and a tulip are matched. The lighting glassware produced by the Holophane company, whose factory was located in Les Andelys (Eure department), was signed under the brand "Des Hanots," but rarely on small pieces such as tulips and bowls. The Verrerie des Hanots was part of Holophane France, whose production facility was located in Les Andelys, Eure.

The signature "Des Hanots" corresponded to the production of art and decorative glassware such as lighting glassware, vases, sculptures, and architectural glass. In 1930, Holophane France became Société Anonyme Holophane, a wholly French company entirely independent of English and American entities. Antoine Louis Fichet (Lyon, 1869 - 1930), son of a copper turner, began his career, like his father, as a copper turner. He established his lighting bronze factory in 1896 just steps from his birthplace at 41 rue des Remparts d'Ainay, an address he would maintain throughout his professional career (see image no.

In 1912, he appeared as a lighting bronzier. Registered in the Lyon commercial registry in January 1921 as a manufacturer of lighting bronzes under his own name: Fichet.

The company, under this name, remained active until its dissolution in February 1931 due to the death of Antoine Fichet, which occurred on December 23, 1930. After his death, Fichet, being a widower himself, sold the company to two associates: Mrs. widow Janisson and Jules Dégrey or Digrey.

The latter two would retain the company for some time, and then René Francois Fonville bought the company until its final bankruptcy in August 1936. Dimensions: 29cm (height), 29cm (width), 17cm (projection), 2.5kg (weight). "All the light fixtures sold on our site have been restored by us in the strictest tradition of preservation and without any remarkable alteration of the original object.

Many hours of work were necessary to accomplish their renovations. All elements are original, only the electricity has been completely redone to meet current standards while always keeping the original sockets, which are often for a B (bayonet) lamp cap. Bulbs are not provided with the sale. For shipping, the glass parts like tulips, basins...

are sent disassembled for better protection, as well as (depending on the total size) some parts of the fixture. All our shipments are very secure.