Elegant Six Arm Gold and Silver Gilded Chandelier from France, 20th Century

This attractive French iron chandelier is composed of 8 raised S-scroll motifs holding lights around its perimeter. Its central flat scrolling surface is ornamented with C-scrolls, o...

The weathering of this small garden trough has given it a granite-like appearance, although it is made from reconstituted stone. Exposure to the elements has given the dark gray ston...

The brilliant colors of this French nature morte are quite impressive, allowing the imagery to be seen crystal clear. Oil enhancements have been applied to this 20th-century transferred image to evoke similarities to the painting that it is after, which is currently housed in Le Louvre Museum in Paris. Our version is incredibly well-done and true to the Alexandre François Desportes original, which is entitled Game, Fruit, Flowers, and a Dog (1712). A variety of felled game (a rabbit and six birds) and a hunting rifle are displayed next to a stone fountain with a mythical creature mascaron water feature. The gadrooned basin is not filled with water, but rather a woven basket of blueberries next to a cluster of fruits including peaches and cherries (there is also a blue and white ceramic bowl full of peaches on a stone to the right of the fountain). Vibrant flowers in a wicker basket sit atop the thickly molded entablature of the cream-colored fountain. A pink rose bush grows on one side of the fountain, opposite from large, verdant bushes that obscure most of the blue sky. Laying beneath the fountain basin is a white hunting dog with black markings on its ears and face. Desportes was born in 1661 in Champigneulle, in northern France, later studying in Paris with the Flemish painter, Bernaerts. Initially, Desportes was a well-respected portrait painter, living in Poland during his mid-thirties to paint aristocrats such as King John III Sobieski. Upon the king’s death, Desportes returned to Paris and switched his focus to painting animals and floral arrangements. Both Louis XIV and Louis XIV commissioned Desportes to paint portraits of their favorite hunting dogs. Desportes would often join the kings on royal hunts, where he would travel with a notebook for still life sketches...

Recently found in a home in Brittany, France, this high quality wrought iron chandelier was hand-formed with fleur de lys motifs. The main body is a thick, open oval, formed by three...

Recently found in a home in Brittany, France, this high quality wrought iron chandelier was hand-formed with fleur de lys motifs. The main body is a thick, open oval, formed by three...

This pair of large giltwood six-light chandeliers have been carved in the style of Louis XIV. Louis XIV is characterized by rich ornamentation: symmetrical arrangements, often utiliz...

A very large and beautiful 26-arm glass chandelier, first half of the 20th-century, a real statement piece, from a private home on Bishops Avenue.  

The fully adorned bronze and gilded metal chandelier boasts six arms, gillded chains, each adorned with a lamp. It features six points of light in a sleek black finish, accompanied b...

We present you this six-arm brass chandelier with hanging crystal elements. It was manufactured before 1939. There are sockets for six E27 light bulbs. The power source is 230 V. ...

A quality French gilded bronze six-light Mazarin antique chandelier, having the original ceiling rose with super original gilded patination. Excellent quality and very well cast. Mea...

A lovely French gold gilt bronze 6-arm chandelier having floral bobeshes and leafy decoration. Rewired for the US!     

Beautiful antique crystal chandelier made in France. Delicate brass scrollwork is embellished with many different shaped cut cryst...