Antique Chandelier. Gilt bronze chandlier with crystal

Unusual gilt bronze chandelier with alabaster dome, very fine gilt bronze frame, six lights

A Superb Regency style gilt bronze chandelier. Exquisite detail. Original bright and matte finish. 16 lights in two tiers. France, circa 1900. Dimensions: Height 46" Diameter 36".

An exquisite gilt bronze and crystal chandelier. The pierced central circle issuing twelve scroll single arms and six ornamental finials. Delicate crystal chains delineating the clas...

A Magnificent Gilt Bronze Chandelier depicting Lions Pelts in the Regence Taste. France, circa 1900. 20 lights. Dimensions: Height 51" Diameter 39" CW5424

Antique (late 19th century) six light chandelier in the neoclassical style crafted from gilt bronze and crystal glass, electrified with candelabra size sockets and wiring, ready for ...

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...

Fine 19th century bronze and crystal chandelier, circa 1870. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and canopy. It is ready to hang!

This 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier hails from Northern Italy, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship and elegance. The combination of gilt bronze and crystal creates a ...