LOUIS XV STYLE CHANDELIER, TWELVE LIGHTS. GLASS, BRONZE. SIGNED. BACCARAT, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY.

Louis XV style chandelier; twelve lights. Glass, bronze. Baccarat, France, 19th century. Signed. Adapted to electric light. Ceiling chandelier with a golden metal body as an axis from which a series of rods of the same material emerge in different positions, creating a multi-story composition and giving space for points of light and white transparent glass elements . These come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes (star or flower; others have a complex design and are engraved with a Greek cross at the bottom of them; there are others in vases; saucers that would originally go under the candles and now they are under the stems of the bulbs), combining smooth areas with other scratched and engraved ones. The metal arms have hardly any decoration, thus giving prominence to the glass; In this same material, polygonal “saucers” appear under the points of light, a crown in the upper area of the lamp, etc. It has three points of light wrapped in tulips facing downwards, another three points of light facing upwards in an inner circle, and six more in the outer area. The French Baccarat factory received its first order in 1823, thus beginning a long series of works destined for royal houses, heads of state, etc. of all the world. The first of many recognitions would come in 1855 when he was awarded the Gold Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. Between 1846 and 1849 the manufacture marked some of its finest glassware with the letter “B” and the year the piece was created. Crystal production expanded in this period, earning the firm a well-deserved international reputation for its quality glassware, with pieces such as candelabras and perfume bottles. Around 1860 the manufacture began to mark its products with a registered trademark usually engraved on the base of the piece. During the second half of the 19th century, the Imperial era ended with the fall of Napoleon III, and trends external to French art began to significantly influence the work of the house (particularly Japanese, a key influence in the development of the decorative arts. French from the end of this century); Likewise, and during these years, there was significant growth in the factory on the Asian continent (India received some of the most striking orders...), and the production of perfume bottles became one of the most important for Baccarat (for In 1907 production was about four thousand bottles per day). In 1936, Baccarat began etching its works with acid and the shot blasting technique. Currently, historical Baccarat pieces can be seen in the museum that bears his name in Paris, in prominent residences in Europe and Asia, etc.

· Size: 90x90x130 cms.