Regency Figure Gas Lights by James de Ville, 1811 England
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A pair of Regency figure gas lights by James de Ville, 1811, England. The figures made from plaster, raised on fluted columns crafted from wood. Signed and dated. James de Ville (1777-1846), or Deville, was a plaster figure maker, a lamp manufacturer, a publisher of marked-up phrenological busts, and the owner of a Museum of phrenological casts. De Ville exhibited work at the Royal Academy and the Society of British artists. The National portrait gallery, London, holds several of his works. Height 180 cm, width 33.5 cm, depth 335
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- Regency Period - The Regency period in English furniture design refers to the period when King George III, was declared unfit to rule in 1811, and his son ruled as proxy as Prince Regent, until 1820, and then, after the death of his father as George IV until his death in 1830. The Regency period was preceded by the Georgian period (George I, George II, and George III: 1714 - 1811), and was followed by the William IV period, which only lasted until 1837 when William IV died as was succeeded by Queen Victoria.