Ref. 1919/1

H. Vian

Bronze-caster (1860-1905)
(attributed to)

Pair of Girandoles

France
Circa 1890

Crystal, Gilded bronze

Height : 60 cm (23,6 in.) ; Diameter : 38 cm (14,9 in.)

Beautiful pair of Louis XVI-inspired cage-shaped girandoles in gilded bronze, with a crystal baluster shaft and with six light-arms. The whole is nicely decorated with crystal pendants forming daggers, garlands, tassels and fruits. They rest on a tripod base ending in leafy scrolls.

Biography

Henri Vian, a bronze-caster active in the second half of the 19th Century, made a lot of interior decorations with chimney mantelpieces, ormolu and patinated-mounted vases, chandeliers,… He produced articles of the highest quality. The business, located at 5 rue de Thorigny in Paris (the Salé Mansion, now the Picasso Museum), was continued by Madame Vian after her husband’s death in 1905.