18th Century and Earlier Chandeliers and Pendants

Blue painted and giltwood Italian lantern circa 1780-1819. Hand-carved three-sided Italian lantern with gilded decoration and glass paneled sides. Two available (see last picture). S...

Hanging from its original loop, the top having two gilt metal rings, having a turned and carved giltwood standard, the outer gilt metal ring with brass concentric discs, the frame is...

A fantastic Russian chandelier in a great condition. These type of chandelier always have replaced glass pieces on the central stem but not this one. All original, the chandelier hav...

Two votive lamps, bronze, 18th century. Bronze ceiling lamps with three lights each. One of them has an axis ballasted with discs and spheres from which s...

A late 18th century Italian neoclassical giltwood and crystal 8 light chandelier with colored glass pendents.

Neoclassical chandelier dated back to the end of 18th century. Wood central body, carved and mercury gilded, shows a typical neoclassical style: A vese with leaf head holds an hexago...

A German neoclassic ormolu and cut-glass twenty-four light chandelier, circa 1795, probably Berlin and attributable to Werner & Mieth, founded 1792, one of the great artistic foundri...

Exquisite pair of 18th century Italian neoclassical crystal and painted tole basket chandeliers with 6 lights. Crystals on these are outstanding...

Last quarter of 18th century, pair of Italian lacquered wood and gilded Pastiglia chandeliers The chandeliers are made of carved and lacquered wood in bronze imitation with gilded pastiglia decorations. They are composed of a body shaped like an amphora on which there are some figures, one different from the other, in classical style, referring to the painting of Ancient Greece that decorated craters, pottery, amphorae and other ceramic objects. The choice to make the reliefs in gilded pastiglia and dark lacquer suggests the intent to evoke the Greek paintings with red figures. The red figure pottery appeared in Athens in 530 BC: a new technique that consisted in an inversion with that of the black figures. It foresaw that the bottom of the vase was painted black, while the saved figures had the reddish color of the terracotta and the details were painted and no longer engraved. The greater fluidity of the line compared to the engraving allowed an improvement of the design, especially as regards the details of the clothes and the anatomical details of the figures; the glimpse and the view of three quarters appeared. From the central body of the chandeliers depart three golden arms culminating from a candle door. The arms are accorded to the amphora by a gilded pastiglia decorative element in the form of a mask, a masculine head with curls and a long beard. Two large stripes and reserves in gilded pastiglia with geometric and palmette motifs run around the base and the upper part of the amphora. Above the central cover there is a lamp-shaped element. This is decorated with a reserve in gilded pastiglia and has on the vertex a golden flame evocative of the light itself that the lit lamp emanates. A curved, winding handle in the shape of a snake links the amphora to the skylight. The chandelier ends, below the central body, with a decorative element in gilded wood that helps lighten and slender vertically the composition. From the body of the amphora are inserted three golden metal chains useful to support the chandeliers to the ceiling. This particular pair of chandeliers is hardly found in the antiques market. It is certainly born to be in pairs as can be seen from the specular lights. This feature, together with the refined decorative choice of details, make these items quite rare in their genre. These neoclassical objects...

Rare chandelier from Torino, Italy, constructed completely of tole leaves with wooden hanging pendants and tole hanging bell flowers.

Rare late 18th century Georgian crystal eight-arm chandelier, originally candle. This stunning chandelier is English and of the neoclassical period. The eight crystal candle branches are encased in a crystal beaded frame. This exceptional chandelier was part of the Colonial Dames...

Unique in shape in that the arms alternate in size and shape, the metal pieces hand forged, with wooden bobeches now fitted for electricity, later hand blown glass beads, UL Wired.