Italian Renaissance Style Bronze Dore Griffin Sanctuary Fixture

2 English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) bronze dore 6 sided filigree sanctuary fixtures. (PRICED EACH)

Pair of Italian Renaissance style 19th century bronze doré torch design wall sconces with lion head wall mounts and frosted shades.

French Empire-style (19th Century) bronze and dore trim 8 scroll arm chandelier with 4 caryatid females.

French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore 12 arm chandelier with swag design and flame design.

French Empire-style (19th Century) bronze dore chandelier having 6 arms with eagle heads emanating from a 6 sided tapered center post with a bottom acorn finial.

English Adam-Style (19th Century) bronze dore and wedgwood 4 arm chandelier with 4 hanging Wedgwood urns. (Originally gas, now fitted for electric) (HALLM...

A very nice French dore' bronze chandelier in the Rococo style with ten lights. There are five sets of double arms. Each set has a higher and a lower...

A superb example of the style, this sanctuary pendant fixture is forged of patinated brass and fitted with the period glass shade. Rare and one of a kind. Circa 1900. Possibly E...

This wonderful doré bronze twelve-light chandelier has a wonderful top with draped swag, etched detail throughout and cherubs accenting the top. Measures: 24" W x 32" H.

Rare bronze chandelier with as many as eight arms with stunning alabaster shades. The time and effort that was put into making impressive and top quality lamps in the beginning of the 20th century is amazing. This rare and all handcrafted chandelier is a great example of such an amazing work of lighting art from that era. The beautifully crafted figural body of this chandelier, all the arms and all the 'cups' holding the sockets and shades are made of cast bronze in relief. Just look at the soldier, the businessman drinking his beer, the beautiful female and all the impressive and rich scrolling details around them. Before the body with all these figures could have been cast in liquid bronze, all these figures first would have had to been hand-sculpted into another material (often wood). From that other material molds would have to be made first and those molds would have then been filled with liquid bronze. After the bronze was cooled and set, the cast would have been removed from the mold, polished and patinated. This would have to be done for all the arms and 'socket holders' as well and finally all the parts would have to be drilled and put together with nuts and bolts. I won't go into the process of how the perfectly shaped alabaster shades and all the antique sockets...

Midcentury Italian Florence Renaissance chandelier with twelve lights in burnished bronze and red lacquered wood. Electrical system redon...

Palatial elegant French empire patinated green tone and doré bronze fifteen-light neoclassical chandelier. Measures: 32" H x 32" W.