An exceptional Empire ormolu and Mont-Cenis cut-crystal twenty-seven lights chandelier in two rows, attributed to the Maison Chaumont.
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An exceptional Empire ormolu and Mont-Cenis cut-crystal twenty-seven lights chandelier in two rows, attributed to the Maison Chaumont.
An exceptional Empire ormolu and Mont-Cenis cut-crystal twenty-seven lights chandelier in two rows, attributed to the Maison Chaumont.
Date Paris early XIXth c.
Medium Bronze, Gilt, gilt-bronze, Crystal
Dimension 185 x 120 cm (72⁷/₈ x 47¹/₄ inches)
The circular corona surmounted by palm-shaped finials above a cascade of drops
and myrzas in cut crystal. The main ring, composed of a gilded bronze ornament
with winged putti holding garlands of laurel on volutes, interlacing flowers, foliage
and palmettes, issuing nine candle-branches, supporting nozzles with crystal drip-
pans. From this ring descend short chains of cut crystal drops that join a second bronze ring adorned with applied reserves with leaf motifs and rosettes, to which are attached eighteen candle branches, below which the central shaft is encased in a 'tent'
formed by strings of cut crystal drops, in the center of which a circular gilt bronze base cast with lotus leaves and palmette and foliate pendant.
Date: Paris early XIXth c.
Medium: Bronze, Gilt, gilt-bronze, Crystal
Dimension: 185 x 120 cm (72⁷/₈ x 47¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Since early 1920s in an important private collection in Bruxelles.
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Decorative Arts, from Antiquities to XIX Century, focusing in particular on Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Textiles, Glass, Ceramics and Bronzes.
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