1930s French Chrome Articulating Desk Lamp with Marble Base

Here we have a sleek French articulating desk lamp with a marble base, and all the chrome to grovel over. The unique industrial design of this belter will catch their eye from across the room. You have to hand it to the French designers because it's one of the coolest things to mess around with, whether it's sliding the top stem back and forth, flipping the shade, or tilting the entire thing at the marble base. I recommend doing it all at once! Then you layer on almost 100 years of cool patina, and you have chrome Phoenix rising from the ashes. The 1930s industrial light comes out of a prominent estate in Stillwater, Minnesota. The lady of the house was French, and she purchased this beauty in Paris circa 1930. This one oozes the wild Parisian life of the art deco period. I can already smell the wine and cigars in the air. The maker's mark is found at the base knuckle and states "L'Artisanat Francais."The vintage chrome light measures about 15" tall at normal height, the shade is 7" wi