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Maison Bagues

Art light creator (since 1840)
(attributed to)

 « Cage » Chandelier

France
Circa 1880

Crystal, Gilded bronze

Height : 80 cm (31,5 in.) ; Diameter : 48 cm (18,9 in.)

Charming Louis XV style « cage » shaped chandelier in gilded bronze and cut crystal, with four lights. Many cut crystal pendants, daggers, prisms and flowers adorned the whole, connected with garlands of pearls. An indirect lighting system reveals all the brilliance of the crystal.

Biography

Art light creator, Baguès was founded around 1840 in Auvergne. Specialized in liturgical bronzes, the company grew at the end of the 19th century and started to make lighting bronzes, thanks to the generalization of electricity.