Modernist-era table lamp; c. 1900.

Modernist-era table lamp; c. 1900.
Wrought iron.
Electrified.
Measurements: 51 x 52 x 23 cm.
A unique table lamp crafted from wrought iron, designed with a strong sculptural and ornamental sensibility. Its structure is built around an extraordinary array of sinuous forms, volutes, plant motifs, and fantastical elements, among which the dragon serving as the base stands out. The piece reveals a clear influence from Antoni Gaudí’s style of wrought ironwork, particularly in the organic and dynamic treatment of the iron, the freedom of the lines, and the conception of nature as a source of inspiration. The presence of the dragon, rendered with a distinctly fantastical character, further reinforces the close relationship between Modernist ironwork and the medieval imagination—a feature so characteristic of Catalan artistic culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The use of hand-forged iron, combined with the richness of curvilinear and fantastical motifs, places this lamp within the context of early 20th-century Catalan Modernism, when wrought iron achieved extraordinary artistic recognition and ceased to be viewed as a mere structural element to become a genuine medium of expression.