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Louis XVI Style Cage Chandelier Attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal, circa 1900
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and glass cage chandelier with applied porcelain flowers, attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal.
French, circa 1900.
Fitted internally with el...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Cut-Glass and Gilt-Bronze Six-Light Chandeliers, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of cut-glass and gilt-bronze six-light chandeliers.
French, circa 1890.
Each chandelier has a central moulded glass baluster column issuing six leaf ornamented sc...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Cherub Wall Appliques by Baccarat, circa 1890
By Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Moulded-Glass Three-Light Cherub Wall Appliqués by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.
French, circa 1890.
Glass drip pa...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilt & Patinated Bronze Figural Torcheres by Bouchon, Paris, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A striking pair of gilt and patinated bronze figural torcheres, by Bouchon, Paris.
French, circa 1900.
Stamped 'BOUCHON PARIS'.
Each modelled as a winged male and female fi...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Torchères
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Wall Appliques by Albert Constant Jouanneault, circa 1930
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair Of Art Deco wall appliques by Albert Constant Jouanneault.
French, circa 1930.
Signed in the cast 'A. Jouanneault'.
Each circular frosted glass applique is mount...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Gilt Bronze Regence Style Thirty-Branch Chandelier, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent large and impressive gilt bronze Regence style thirty-branch chandelier.
French, circa 1890.
The massive central baluster stem finely cast with ‘C’-scrolls, cher...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Louis XV Style Cut-Glass Forty-Eight Light Chandelier, circa 1885
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A monumental Louis XV Style gilt bronze and cut-glass forty-eight light chandelier.
French, circa 1885.
The frame is variously stamped with numbers and 'JL'.
This rare and...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Napoléon III Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass Thirty-Six Light Chandelier, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and impressive Napoléon III gilt bronze and cut-glass thirty-six light chandelier.
French, circa 1870.
This fine chandelier has a gilt bronze frame issuing scrolling f...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Twelve-Light Rock Crystal and Gilt-Bronze Chandelier, circa 1850
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XV style twelve-light rock crystal and gilt-bronze chandelier.
French, circa 1850.
An important Louis XV style twelve-light rock crystal and gilt-bronze chandelier, surmounted by a floral corona, issuing six scrolling branches, each terminating with three circular drip pans and nozzles, decorated all over with drops, grapes, apples and baluster shaped shades.
The etymology of the word "crystal" has its origins in the Ancient Greek word for ice ‘krystallos’. Rock crystal which is always cool to the touch they considered to be ice permanently frozen by the Gods. For thousands of years Rock crystal has been prized for its beauty and remarkable ability to refract light. When cut and polished, the inherent striations and inclusions of the crystal create a refracted light richer in luminosity than that of manmade crystal or glass. These properties have made it highly desirable throughout history; its scarcity ensuring its use was limited to all but the most luxurious of decorative items.
Rock crystal is in reality a natural quartz, pure monocrystals of siliceous oxide. A material of exceptional hardness with indices of light refraction close to that of a diamond, quartz has been mined and worked since antiquity. In the Middle Ages, this rare material was used almost exclusively on religious objects. A prohibitively expensive material, Cristal de roche was first mined in France in small quantities in the 17th century and its rarity forced artisans to innovate.
The imitation of crystal began in Venice in the 15th century - the art of the glassmaker being to recreate the limpidity and luminosity of rock crystal. To do this, the glassmakers invented a 'crystal' made in reality of glass combined with a mixture of potassium, silicon, manganese and lead oxide heated to between 1200 and 1500 degrees. This crystal imitated rock crystal, although it displays a metallic colouring. This crystal de roche should not be confused with what is now called crystal. The latter was a development of 18th century Bohemia and, subsequently France with the Manufacture Royale de cristaux.
Rock crystal first appears as small beads on candelabras and chandeliers - not yet called lustres - in the 17th century. At the beginning of the 18th century the discovery of new seams in Central Europe allowed the mining of larger blocks of crystal, which could in turn be worked into pyramids, drops and stars. The highest value was historically based, like diamonds, on two things - the weight and the clarity or limpidity of the crystal. The clearer the better, hence the phrase d'une très belle eau when referring to crystal.
Perhaps the earliest recorded-reference in France is in 1697, when Louis XIV offered twelve grand 'lustres' in 'cristal de roche' to the King of Siam. Louis XV also possessed a chandelier with twelve branches in his chambre a coucher at Versailles which had been delivered by Delaroue and Slodtz. This was commented on by the duc de Luynes: 'on a mis dans la chambre du roi, un chandelier en cristal de roche d...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Cut-Glass Ten-Light Tent and Bag Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and cut-glass ten-light tent and bag chandelier.
French, circa 1900.
This impressive chandelier has a gilt-bronze crown cast with anthemions...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Fine Gilt-Bronze Louis XIV Style Eight-Light Chandelier, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze Louis XIV style eight-light chandelier.
A fine gilt-bronze Louis XIV style eight-light chandelier with acanthus cast candle arms. Each arm is depicted with a gr...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Three-Light Wall-Appliques after Jean Hauré, circa 1890
By Etienne Forestier, Jean Hauré
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze three-light wall-appliques after a Design by Jean Hauré for the Château de St. Cloud.
French, circa 1890.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Large George III Style Cut-Glass Twenty-Light Chandelier, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and impressive George III style cut-glass twenty-light chandelier.
English, circa 1910.
The shaped, diapered cut, glass bowl issuing spiral rods suspending faceted dro...
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Early 20th Century English George III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Cut Glass
Fine Regency Period Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Crystal Frame Chandelier, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regency period gilt bronze and cut-crystal frame chandelier.
English, circa 1830.
This fine chandelier has a foliate corona hung with lancet-shaped drops above strings ...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Monumental Giltwood Torchères after Jacques Gondoin, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important pair of monumental thirty-one light giltwood torchères after the model by Jacques Gondoin for the Hall of Mirrors At the Palace of Versail...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Floor Lamps
Materials
Giltwood
Large Louis XV Style Cut-Glass Thirty-Light Cage Chandelier, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and important Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-crystal thirty-light cage chandelier.
French, circa 1870.
This fine chandelier is of a grand scale at 223 cm high (88 ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Cut-Crystal Tent and Bag Chandelier with an Enamel Band, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and cut-crystal tent and bag chandelier with an enamel band.
French, circa 1880.
This fine chandelier is of tent and ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Fine Neoclassical Eight-Light Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat, circa 1890
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine neoclassical eight-light crystal chandelier by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.
French, circa 1890.
The chandelier having a shallow bowl hung with eight bel...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Cut Glass
Bronze Floor Standing Candelabrum after a Model by Clodion, circa 1880
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine gilt and patinated bronze floor standing candelabrum, after a model by Clodion.
French, circa 1880.
Claude Michael Clodion, (1738-1814), was the son-in-law of sculp...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Cut Crystal Tent and Basket Chandelier Attributed to Baccarat, circa 1890
By Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze and cut crystal tent and basket chandelier attributed to La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.
Paris, circa 189...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Empire Revival Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Pendant Chandelier, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire Revival gilt-bronze and cut-glass pendant chandelier.
French, circa 1910.
Of globular form this fine chandelier has a central gilt-bronze band cast with vases issuin...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Regency Six-Light Gilt-Bronze Chandelier by Hancock & Co., circa 1830
By Hancock & Co.
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Regency six-light gilt-bronze chandelier by Hancock & Co.
English, circa 1830.
A Regency six-light gilt-bronze chandelier by Hancock & Co with a lotus leaf ceiling corona supporting a frosted and cut glass dish on six chains, the lotus cast branches with frosted glass tulip shades, with Colza...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Régence Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Eighteen-Light Engraved Glass Chandeliers by Baccarat, circa 1860
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important pair of eighteen-light gilt bronze and engraved glass chandeliers, by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.
French, circa 1860.
Weight 30kg / 66.1lbs.
Bac...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Chandelier with Wedgwood Style Porcelain Plaques, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XVI Style cut-glass and gilt bronze-mounted chandelier with Wedgwood style porcelain plaques.
French, circa 1900.
This fine chandelier has a gilt bronze co...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Cut-Glass Tent and Bag Chandelier with Finely Cast Entwined Dolphins, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze cut-glass tent and bag chandelier with finely cast entwined dolphins.
French, circa 1900.
This fine chandelier has a gilt-bro...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
