A Monumental Louis XV Style Forty-Eight Light Chandelier
£420,000
Dimensions
Height: 252 cm (100 in)Diameter: 160 cm (63 in)
Weight: 275 kg
Description
A Monumental Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Forty-Eight Light Chandelier.
This rare and exceptional chandelier has a central cut-glass baluster stem, surrounded by an undulating cage frame from which two tiers of acanthus cast scrolling arms extend. The chandelier is hung overall with extremely large shaped prisms and flower head drops, and terminates in a fabulous pear shaped glass finial.
Date
Circa 1885
Origin
France
Medium
Cut-Glass
Signature
The frame is variously stamped with numbers and 'JL'.