Gilded bronze Chandelier

France
Circa 1880

Gilded bronze

Height : 82 cm (32,3 in.) ; Diameter : 70 cm (27,6 in.)

Elegant Louis XV style chiseled and gilded bronze chandelier with nine lights. The barrel is formed of a flowered vase surmounted by three leafy uprights, and ends with a seed. The chandelier is lit by nine light-arms of sinuous shape adorned with scrolls.

This chandelier is inspired by the models created by the bronze-caster Caffieri during the 18th Century.