19th Century Russian Chandelier

France, circa 1890 A late nineteenth century French silver column lamp of large scale, with coronet rim, baluster stem and supported on a tripod ba...

Austria, circa 1840 A rare early nineteenth century Biedermeier commode, of architectural form with finely figured book matched veneers of cherry wood to the front, opening with thr...

An early nineteenth century mahogany and kingwood parquetry commode, with grey marble top and with three drawers retaining the original handles and escutcheons, all supported on brac...

An unusual mid nineteenth century rosewood writing table, the top opening to reveal a crimson baize writing surface, with hidden inset inkwell, with one drawer to the frieze and slid...

A large root wood form with hollowed centre, with knots to the surface throughout. Possibly a mortar, or for use as a stick stand.

France, c. 1820 An early 19th century Empire mahogany commode with finely chased ormolu mounts, retaining the original marble top. Height 88.50cm Width 130.00cm Depth 57.00cm

A charming 19th Century Russian chandelier in plated silver with good quality cut glass drops, blue glass details and plate, suspended by silver chain.

A stunning late 19th century gilt bronze and crystal Russian style fourteen-light basket chandelier. Foliate bronze designs along the crown and arms, crystal beaded basket, six pe...

A spectacular chandelier with all the elements that create a WOW reaction. Multiple layers of a variety of crystal cuts and configurations. Beautiful proportions and extreme height m...

Magnificent large scale 19th century Russian gilt bronze and crystal Neo-classical chandelier. Circa 1870. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain a...

A very fine and Rare 19th century Franco-Russian neoclassical revival style ormolu mounted white alabaster eight-light chandelier, possibly a design by Félix Chopin (French, 1813-1892). The ovoid carved alabaster plafonnier bowl, fitted with an ormolu decorative finial/rosette with a royal Fleur-de-lis design and four interior lights, surmounted with four-pairs of finely chased ormolu scrolled twin-light candelabra lights, each flanked on both sides with allegorical ormolu laurel branches and fitted with later frosted-glass flame shades; all suspended from a square ormolu canopy, centered with an acorn, by four ornamental gilt-bronze chains. Bearing spurious unknown and unverified stamped markings. Circa possibly Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1890. Félix Chopin (1813-1892) was a French bronze designer, the son of the Parisian fondeur Julien Chopin. He moved to St. Petersburg in 1838. Around 1841 he acquired the workshop of Alexander Guérin were he mainly designed and manufactured lighting fixtures, including chandeliers, candelabras, table lamps and torcheres. Chopin designed a chandelier for The Vladimir Hall, in the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow and also designed a chandelier of the Tsarevich's in the Peterhof Palace in 1850, another chandelier for the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg (1849) and the palace of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (1855-86) (ibid p. 168). He favored the 'French Rococo' style which gave him the freedom to experiment with exuberant and whimsical designs for Russian designers and marketplace, as well as for the Russian nobility. Chopin designed several art pieces with Eugene Lanceray...

This chandelier was made in Russia in the first half of the 19th century, circa 1805. This piece features four anthemions on the top rim above four bronze chains attached to an urn-s...