Paul Kiss helped elevate metalwork to an art form in the 1920s and 1930s, creating beautiful Art Deco-inspired furniture like table lamps and wall mirrors with exquisite ornate details. The pieces often featured geometric designs, plant motifs and human and animal figures.
Kiss was born in Hungary in 1885, but he settled in Paris in 1907. There, he worked under Raymond Subes and Edgar Brandt, two of the most celebrated metalworkers of the day. After World War I, Kiss opened his own studio and showroom on the city’s rue Léon-Delhomme. Kiss designed and produced numerous pieces of iron furniture throughout the 1920s and 1930s. He was commissioned to restore historic monuments and make new public monuments as well. Among his clients were the kings of Siam and Egypt.
Kiss produced the metalwork for the Monuments aux Morts war memorial in Levallois-Perret, France, for which he received the silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1924. In 1925, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes.
In the 1920s, Kiss was a mentor to the skilled young designer Paul Fehér. Fehér later moved to the United States, where he became a distinguished designer for Rose Iron Works, continuing the tradition handed down to him by Kiss.
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Pair of Art Deco Wrought Iron and Acid-Etched Glass Sconces by Paul Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of Art Deco patinated wrought ron and acid-etched glass sconces by Paul Kiss. one iron base twice impressed P. KIS/PARIS, each glass shade incised SCHNEIDER France : circa 1925 ...
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Sconces by Paul Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French Art Deco wall sconces by Paul Kiss, circa 1925, combining carved alabaster bowls with exuberant wrought‑iron scrollwork. The deep, half‑moon alabaster shades flare gently at the rim and show dramatic veining that glows warmly when lit, giving a soft, diffuse light typical of Kiss’s use of stone. Each bowl is cradled in a black patinated iron bracket composed of tight volutes and overlapping spirals, the lower section forming a stylized finial that anchors the composition and showcases the designer’s virtuoso fer‑forgé Paul Kiss was a Hungarian-born master of wrought iron who became one of the leading metalworkers of the French Art Deco movement in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. In Paris he trained and worked with the great ironworkers Edgar Brandt and Raymond Subes, absorbing their technical refinement before opening his own atelier and showroom in the rue Léon-Delhomme after the First World War. Kiss specialised in hand‑forged iron furniture...
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
Art Deco Sconces by Degue, a Pair
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Verrerie D'Art Degue. French Art Deco wall sconces, 1930s. Clear and frosted glass shades molded with a floral motif and mounted in a modern brushed nickel frame. Measures: Height 13...
Glass
$9,000 / set
H 16.93 in W 7.49 in D 8.67 in
Pair of Wrought Iron and Glass Sconces, Art Deco Period, France, circa 1930
By J. Robert
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of wrought iron and glass sconces. Art Deco period, France, circa 1930. Glass signed "J. Robert".
Wrought Iron, Silver Leaf
Pair of Art Deco Wrought Iron Wall Lights
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of Art Deco wall lights, circa 1925. Wrought iron frame with pine decoration. Alabaster tulip. Electric, E14 socket. In perfect condition. Total height: 30 cm Width: 34 cm Dept...
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
$600 / set
H 39.5 in W 24.25 in D 14 in
Pair of Art Deco Wrought Iron Sconces, Spanish Revival Style, 1920s
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of large Art Deco Spanish Revival style wrought iron architectural sconces with cold-painted finish made to look like bronze. Five half-dome torchiere up-lights create a dramatic effect when lit. Each dome is 7" diameter. Good quality iron work with large rivets and heavy cast iron back plate...
Metal, Wrought Iron, Iron
$4,409
H 7.88 in W 10.63 in D 5.52 in
Pair of Multicolored Hammered Glass and Wrought Iron Sconces by Longobard, Italy
By Longobard
Located in Benalmadena, ES
An extraordinary pair of wall sconces from the renowned Italian manufacturer Longobard, iconic of the Brutalist style of the 1970s. Each sconce features a crescent shape made of wrou...
Wrought Iron
Pair of Art Deco Chrome Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Art Deco chrome sconces. Two candelabra light bulbs per sconce.
Chrome
Elegant pair of Art Deco sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful pair of 1920's Art deco sconces, the color and the patina is so much nicer in person
Iron
Pair of Art Deco Wall Sconces by Sabino
By Sabino Art Glass
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Marius Ernest Sabino. Pair of Art Deco wall sconces from circa 1930, with five clear and frosted glass leaves mounted in a satin nickel frame.
Brass
Pair of French Art Deco Sconces
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Gorgeous pair of French Art Deco sconces. With beautiful clear frosted molded glass panels with floral motif. Deco details with floral ...
Pair of wrought iron Art Deco sconces
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of wrought iron sconces in the Art Deco style from the late 20th century. Each light fixture is composed of a shaft in twisted swirling rods giving movement and lightness to the...
Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of Art Deco wall sconces by Muller Frères
By Muller Frères
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of Art Deco wall sconces, circa 1930. Metal frame, pressed molded glass cone decorated with stylized foliage. Signed Muller Frères Luneville. Wired, E14 sockets. Three wall moun...
Metal
French Art Deco Table Lamp by Paul Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in Long Island City, NY
French Art Deco hand forged wrought iron table lamp by the French artist Paul Kiss . Decorated in different textures with fine intricate stylized symmetric geometric scrolled flower ...
Wrought Iron