TALL ‘ARGENTA’ TABLE LAMP BY WILHELM KÅGE FOR GUSTAVSBERG (SWEDEN)

A large stoneware table lamp from the Argenta line designed in the 1920s by Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) for GUSTAVSBERG of Sweden. The semi-matt green glazed body is everywhere hand-decorated with tiny silver flowers and finished with brushed brass fittings. 28" to the top of the shade; the diameters of the lamp's ceramic body and its shade are 6 ½" and 16", resp. ALGOT WILHELM KÅGE (1889-1960) was one of 20th-century Sweden's most illustrious ceramic designers. He was born and raised in Stockholm and first studied drawing and decorative painting at Kontsfack—the city's University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design—and subsequently at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg under Scandinavian painters Carl W. Wilhelmson and Johan Rodhe. Continuing his education in Munich, Kåge perfected his skills as an illustrator. His colorful WWI-era poster advertisements for theaters, exhibitions, and lotteries attracted the attention of the GUSTAVSBERG PORCELAIN FACTORY, who were seeking new talent to revi