Empire style lamp - Grzegorz Lopienski, Warsaw. Old alteration from a candlestick. Bronze gilded and patinated;
Signed on the base: G. ŁOPIEŃSKI / WARSZAWA; Secondarily superimposed anniversary dates 1933-1943.
Warsaw, firm of G. Lopienski, late 19th century, height 32.5cm, base diameter 13cm
In 1884, the company "G. Lopienski Bronzing Company" is founded with workshops at 3 Ordynacka St. From the foundry were coming out products according to proven French patterns and liked by the clientele, but also designed by Polish sculptors. By the end of the 19th century, the family business was growing a lot. In the 1970s it employed 25 workers, by the end of the 1990s - 60. In the last year of the 19th century, the Lopienskis moved the plant to 55 Hoza Street and changed its name to "Lopienski Brothers Bronze and Silver Products Factory".
