four-light lamp as twelve-part body (mineral shape) made of cast brass and chased brass and with fluted decoration; a window with hinged flap; mostly original facetted glass; iron chain, old electrical fittings; one nut and one bolt (on the inside) missing; signs of age and use; electrical fittings require professional servicing; total height: 143 cm, diameter: 41 cm. (MP)

Literature:
inter alia Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, p. 604ff., n. 753, 754 (Knize Gentleman’s Outfitters, Paris, salesroom); Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, p. 139, p. 149 (gentleman’s study in the apartment of Arthur and Leonie Friedmann, 1906-07), p. 161 (large ill. of the "Metall-Glas-Lampe” from the catalogue of F. O. Schmidt, no. 228); Adolf Loos, Wohnungen, p. 55: Wilhelm and Martha Hirsch apartment, Pilsen, 1907-08 (photo, c. 1930), p. 50: Arthur and Leonie Friedmann apartment, Vienna I, 1906-07, (photo, c. 1930); Rukschcio, Adolf Loos: Apartment for Richard Hirsch, Pilsen, 1927, p. 63, 77, 85, 88; Rostás, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, p. 417, there with the following description: hanging lamp made of copper, facetted glass, mineral form, rounded corners, Oswald, Vienna, 100, 1902.03.24. and: facet lamp, mineral structure, made of brass, 12 discs on chain, FOS, Hee g, 1903, 156 fl. ill. of Kiscelli Múzeum, Schmidt-archivum, R.2-A2 szekrény, 170.