Fine Classic Antiques Chandeliers and Pendants

19th century French gilt bronze and glass six-light chandelier French, Late 19th Century Height 30cm, diameter 72cm This very elegant late 19th century French six-light chandelier...

This classic early 20th century bronze chandelier comes from France and is draped in a variety of beautifully cut crystal plaquettes. Note the crystal fleurettes at top and center, t...

An Interesting Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twenty Six Light “Grotesque” Chandelier A unique Gothic Style, drop crystal, basket chandelier with different “Grotesque” faces and designs. Twenty four tiered perimeter lights (including 6 lanterns) and two tiered interior lights. Artists began to give the tiny faces of the figures in grotesque decorations strange caricatured expressions, in a direct continuation of the medieval traditions of the drolleries in the border decorations or initials in illuminated manuscripts. From this the term began to be applied to larger caricatures, such as those of Leonardo da Vinci, and the modern sense began to develop. It is first recorded in English in 1646 from Sir Thomas Browne: “In nature there are no grotesques”. By extension backwards in time, the term became also used for the medieval originals, and in modern terminology medieval drolleries, half-human thumbnail vignettes drawn in the margins, and carved figures on buildings (that are not also waterspouts, and so gargoyles) are also called “grotesques”. A boom in the production of works of art in the grotesque genre, characterized the period 1920–1933 of German art. In contemporary illustration art, the “grotesque” figures, in the ordinary conversational sense, commonly appear in the genre grotesque art...

Exceptional French gilt bronze and cut-glass fourteen-light chandelier, the cage with faceted pendants. Measures: 125 x 100 cm. Rewired. Repaired. Good Condition. Frame is original,...

Elegant twelve-light Louis XV style chandelier of gilt bronze with large crystal plaquettes and spires from the mid to late 19th century.

An elegant Rococo style brass and crystal chandelier. With 6 lights. With an old gold patina. Decorated with several large clear and soft coloured cut crystal pendeloques, large flow...

Early 20th Century Spanish Louis XIV Style Antique Brass and Crystal Chandelier Great vintage condition. Measures 20" in diameter...

An exquisite gilt bronze chandelier from 19th century France with all the flourish of Rococo Revival. Eight scrolling arms rising from the ornate central column are emphasized by fo...

Experience the grandeur of the 19th century with this elegant French Empire-style chandelier. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, the piece features a sturdy bronze framewor...

Large "Dutch" bronze chandelier, early 20th century: it is decorated with bird heads and flowers. 6 lights, electricity to be reviewed. Slight wear from use. Height 90cm....

A brass chandelier with 5 arms of radial, webbed, arrows arcing to the center stem. Made by Lightolier in the early 20th century; with a complex, brass-bronze patina and decorative t...

Large early 20th century brass chandelier circa 1920 Fine quality solid brass chandelier.  Central turned body with 8 arms very much in the gothic revival taste.  This light would h...