THIRTY LIGHTS GLASS AND BRONZE CHANDELIER. 19TH CENTURY.
Antiques -
Reference: Z6580
Ceiling lamp in bronze and colourless carved and modelled glass with thirty lights. Late 19th century. It is attached to the ceiling by a hook hidden by a crown with stems, from which the central axis of the lamp, made of glass in the shape of a double baluster, starts. The arms, made of gilded bronze, decorated with architectural and plant elements, start from this. The lights have candle-shaped bulbs. Beads of various shapes (rectangular, octagonal, star, teardrop and pendants with mixed profiles) have been placed all over the surface, joined by discreet metal hooks. The variety of shapes and the quality of the colourless glass should be highlighted. The profiles of some beads (teardrops, polygons, pendants) are found in both Bohemian and French works and in most of the Royal Glass and Crystal Factory of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia, Spain) due to the great popularity of these shapes. The stars or small flowers are much rarer in the preserved examples. The mastery of the cut can be appreciated in the profiles and in the fineness of the modelling of the axis. While the decorative elements of the bronze clearly show influences of Neoclassicism, the glass work is reminiscent of the so-called “Maria Theresa chandeliers”, works based on those commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for her coronation in factories in the Bohemian part of the Czech Republic in 1743. This typology spread rapidly throughout Europe, varying in design and serving as an example in the main glass factories up to the present day. Although it is clearly different from the work done in Murano (Italy), the chandelier follows a tradition that has its roots in Bohemia and was continued in France, where as much attention was devoted to gilded bronze as to glass, and whose examples the chandelier somewhat more closely resembles. Similar lamps can still be found in very prominent residences such as the Fernán Núñez Palace (Madrid), Viana Palace (Córdoba), National Museum of Decorative Arts (Madrid), Paz Palace (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Louvre Museum (Paris), etc.
· Size: 100x100x130 cms.
6.500 €
