Oriental Chandelier

Morocco
Circa 1900

Patinated and gilded Iron, Glass

Height : 130 cm (51,2 in.) ; Diameter : 76 cm (29,9 in.)

Rare Moroccan chandelier in patinated and gilded openwork iron with eighteen lights,
composed of a baluster shaft ending in a hexagonal crown surrounded by a gallery and decorated with 12 alternating amber and red illuminating glasses and a large central opaque verrine enhanced with gold surrounded by 6 illuminating verrines arranged in a star pattern around.
The whole is attached to the canopy by three chains decorated with stars and starry crescent moons.