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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 XVI 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.
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