Carved Oak Table Lamp Base with Stylised Leaf Motif – Arts & Crafts Influence

A beautifully carved oak table lamp base of compact proportions by Charles Clee, featuring stylised foliate decoration on a stepped architectural base. The design shows strong Arts & Crafts influence, with hand-carved leaf motifs and a simple lathe-turned upper column. The carving has a pleasing depth and rhythm, enhanced by the natural grain and warm tone of the oak. Compact in scale, this lamp works perfectly as a bedside or occasional table lamp, while still offering enough detail to stand out as a decorative piece. The lamp has been rewired and PAT tested, ready for use.

Charles Clee,CSI, CIE born Cambridge in 1893, his father was a stone mason.As a youth he trained to carve wood. He became a pupil teacher at Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge. At the outbreak of the war he served in the Suffolk Regiment surviving the Battle of Somme . He was shot through the right shoulder by a sniper in April 1918 and became paralysed in his right arm and he taught himself to be left handed.

He joined the Indian Civil Service in India where he brook his back in a motercycle accident. He returned to England in 1948 and he was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 1948 New Years Honours list. He retired to Devon and died in 1980.