FRANCIS JOURDAIN (1876-1958) Pois et vaguelettes Lamp base; circular base, tapered shaft. Polychrome enameled ceramic proof; the peas are white and the wavelets black, on a yellow background. Circa 1920. Monogrammed F. J. in enamel and numbered 3012 on the base. Height of ceramic alone: 33 cm Public collections : Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Saint-Denis - An identical lamp base is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 97.12.03. Exhibition : Francis Jourdain; un parcours moderne 1876-1958 - Travelling exhibition between March 2000 and April 2001; musée Toulouse Lautrec d'Albi, musée-bibliothèque André Benoît d'Alès, musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Saint-Denis, musée d'Art et Industrie de Roubaix. An identical lamp base was presented at this event. Bibliography : Collectif - Francis Jourdain; un parcours moderne 1876-1958 - Catalogue of the traveling exhibition between March 2000 and April 2001; musée Toulouse Lautrec d'Albi, musée-bibliothèque André Benoît d'Alès, musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Saint-Denis, musée d'Art et Industrie de Roubaix; Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris, 2000. An identical lamp base is reproduced on full page 104 and on the 4th cover.