Empire Style Globe Three-Light Chandelier

A fine Empire style gilt and patinated bronze three-light chandelier, with a circular corona cast with stiff leaves and a pine cone boss above reeded suspension rods with swan termin...

A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Moulded-Glass Twenty-Four Light Chandelier by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat. Moulded 'Baccarat' signature to the drip trays. The chandelier has a circular corona mounted with Acanthus and hung with drops and swags above a circular cage frame issuing tiers of scrolling acanthus wrapped candle branches with glass drip-pans and circular nozzles, interspersed by finely cast putti figures. The chandelier is hung overall with faceted drops and terminals. The twenty-four light model, like the present example is illustrated in Baccarat's 'Tarif des Articles d'Eclairage', from the turn of the century, as 'Lustre Série E.193'. It is priced at 970 old French Francs...

Empire style chandeliers tend to be quite hefty and large, This bronze example is unusually delicate. The dished circular pan is hung from three flat pierced suspension chains, and s...

A late 19th century French Empire-style chandelier with gilt and painted finish. Measurements: Diameter: 18" Height: 26.5".