These Art Deco styled lamps have been reproduced from the lamps at The Rex Cinema by Dean Watts
Art Deco styled stained glass lamp presently in The Rex Cinema
Art Deco styled stained glass lamp presently in The Rex Cinema
The Rex Cinema
Dean's Stained Glass
Art Deco Lamps
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Dean's Stained Glass
While on a trip to England last year, in the town of Berkhamsted, I visited a magnificiently restored Art Deco Theatre.... The Rex Cinema (pictured below). Behind the bar in this theatre were 2 Art Deco stained glass lamps unlike anything I had ever seen before. The photo's on the right are these lamps.
I took pictures and made a mental note to reproduce one of these lamps....for fun....when time permitted. Usually I lose these mental notes, but in this case, I remembered, and built two copies of Helen's lamps almost two years later. My lamps are pictured on the left. The glass part of the lamps measures 11 1/2 " high, 10 1/2" wide and 3 3/4" deep. The glass sits on a solid red mahogany base measuring 11 1/4" wide, 5 1/4" deep and 1 3/4 " high.
These lamps are not for sale.... but are illustrated here to show some of the interesting possibilities of stained glass construction.
The Rex Cinema
The above lamps were designed and built by Helen Watson, internationally known stained glass artist from New Zealand. Although classic Art Deco style, these are Helen's original designs built for the Rex Cinema.
