Lusterweibchen “Diana” Goddess of the Hunt with Antlers and Metal Work

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Lusterweibchen “Diana” Goddess of the Hunt with Antlers and Metal Work

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Lusterweibchen “Diana” goddess of the hunt with antlers and metal work. Rewired A chandelier females or females chandelier is a chandelier , for the horizontally arranged antlers are used at their bases a female half figure sits. The term in the strict sense only the figure that as pars pro toto, the entire antler furniture has been given the name. The type of chandelier females sconces are appropriate since the end of the 14th Century detectable; beside the antlers of the deer also found that the moose and the horns of the ibex use. In the 16th Century ( late Gothic and Renaissance ) spread especially in the German area then Deckenleuchter and found particularly well received in southern Germany. Chandeliers females came again during the historicism in the second half of the 19th Century, very fashionable, but then increasingly functioned as a gas or electric lights. Antlers are very popular since ancient collectibles, which in addition to their decorative and representative suitability often apotropaic powers are ascribed. The profane , but with mythological and allegorical meaning charged chandelier females, often mythical figures such as sirens show went ahead candlestick, with a figure of a saint or Madonna were decorated, the Mother of God candlesticks . Other carved wooden chandelier females are dressed in costume or rich women, sometimes aLucretia representing. Rare variants are male, the so-called male chandeliers , animal or mythical creature, the dragon candlesticks . The candles carries either the figure or they sit on the rungs and blades of antlers. The luminosity must not be very strong, and the operation is rather the representation of the original visual impression, often supported by the application of coats of arms of the owner. 35”W x39” H x 35”D

Dimensions:
Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)Depth: 35 in (88.9 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Wood,Carved,Metalwork
Place of Origin:
Germany
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1890
Condition:
Wired for the US market.
Seller Location:
Wiscasset, ME
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU101761001634