French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze, Alabaster and Opaline Glass Chandelier

A very fine and rare French Belle Époque 19th-20th century neoclassical revival style gilt bronze and frosted and cut-glass "Lyre" ten-light figural chandelier with Winged Griffins, ...

A Fine and large French 19th-20th century Neoclassical Revival style gilt bronze five-light chandelier. The elongated gilt bronze frame in the form of an ancient Empire hanging oil b...

A fine and rare French 19th century neoclassical Revival style gilt-metal and cut-glass prisms five-light chandelier. The classical style frame decorated with floral urns and surmoun...

A very fine and Rare 19th century Franco-Russian neoclassical revival style ormolu mounted white alabaster eight-light chandelier, possibly a design by Félix Chopin (French, 1813-1892). The ovoid carved alabaster plafonnier bowl, fitted with an ormolu decorative finial/rosette with a royal Fleur-de-lis design and four interior lights, surmounted with four-pairs of finely chased ormolu scrolled twin-light candelabra lights, each flanked on both sides with allegorical ormolu laurel branches and fitted with later frosted-glass flame shades; all suspended from a square ormolu canopy, centered with an acorn, by four ornamental gilt-bronze chains. Bearing spurious unknown and unverified stamped markings. Circa possibly Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1890. Félix Chopin (1813-1892) was a French bronze designer, the son of the Parisian fondeur Julien Chopin. He moved to St. Petersburg in 1838. Around 1841 he acquired the workshop of Alexander Guérin were he mainly designed and manufactured lighting fixtures, including chandeliers, candelabras, table lamps and torcheres. Chopin designed a chandelier for The Vladimir Hall, in the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow and also designed a chandelier of the Tsarevich's in the Peterhof Palace in 1850, another chandelier for the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg (1849) and the palace of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (1855-86) (ibid p. 168). He favored the 'French Rococo' style which gave him the freedom to experiment with exuberant and whimsical designs for Russian designers and marketplace, as well as for the Russian nobility. Chopin designed several art pieces with Eugene Lanceray...

A rare Continental early-mid 20th century neoclassical Revival style gilt-bronze and opaline glass lumière hanging lantern pendant. The ovoid frosted blown-glass globe, with three in...

A French early 20th century Art Deco gilt bronze and carved veined alabaster seven-light chandelier. The carved circular veined alabaster plafonnier surmounted with six scrolled arms...

A fine antique French neoclassical style carved alabaster and patinated bronze chandelier of fine detail embellished with neoclassical figures in relief playing musical instruments.

A Fine Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt bronze and Hand carved alabaster multi light circular form chandelier of great quality. This unique chandelier is embellished with a very ornate hand carved circular alabaster dish decorated with a gilt bronze acorn which is embellished with hand chizzled gilt bronze arms, further adorned with reticulated gilt...

A fine antique French Charles X style gilt bronze and white opaline glass ball form multi light chandelier of superb quality embellished with hand painted polychromed enamel depictin...

A superb and unique antique French Empire style neoclassical gilt and patinated bronze multi light chandelier of fine detail. This fine chandelier is embellished with reticulated gilt...

A fine and unique Antique French Empire style gilt bronze and steel multi light figural chandelier of great detail embellished with gilt bronze Neoclassical kneeling figures of women depicting flames which represent light. This fine chandelier is further adorned with unusual gilt bronze neoclassical motifs, reticulated gilt...

A rare antique Russian neoclassical multi light gilt bronze, amber glass and cut crystal multi light chandelier of very unique shape. This chandelier is of fine workmanship embellish...