Offered by Laurent Chalvignac
A six-light chandelier composed of a patinated bronze amphora-shaped vase, finished at the bottom with a gilded bronze seed ; embellished at the top with three antique-style women wearing gilded bronze helmets, supporting six horn-shaped branches forming a light fixture, adorned with mirzas and crystal drops, themselves joined by six cut crystal chains. The vase is connected by a central rod, decorated with six, then three gilded bronze crosses, embellished with six almond-shaped cut crystal chains, with a ring at the top, decorated with six gilded bronze palmettes, each with a crystal bead.
French work from the Directoire period, late 18th/early 19th century.
Model by Claude GALLE.
Size in inches : diameter 22 X height 36