Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal French Chandelier

Bronze and crystal chandelier. France, early 20th century. Crystals attributed to Baccarat.

A Nice Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Sixteen Light Basket Chandelier The cut crystal top with a gilt bronze rim, beaded strings run down to the basket, the base with a ...

A Lovely and Fantastic Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Sixteen Light Chandelier Tear shaped rock crystal, beaded arms, cut crystal central column, four spears with e...

Porcelain, crystal and gilt bronze pendant. France, early 20th century.

A Nice Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Nine Light Chandelier Multi-faceted and shaped crystal, beaded swags along the body, central interior lit spear, eight perimeter li...

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...

A Fine Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Eleven Light Chandelier A bronze casted cage, designed with three male masks, flowers, shells and reefs, with multi-faceted and shaped crystals, nine perimeter and two interior lights. Details: Height – 52 inches / 132cm Diameter – 36 inches / 91cm Lights – 11 If you are looking for a chandelier, a lantern or sets of sconces, Charles Cheriff...

A Beautiful Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Twelve Light Chandelier Multi-faceted and shaped crystal, cut crystal central column, beaded arms, twelve ...

A very special late 19th-early 20th century gilt bronze and Baccarat crystal sixteen-light chandelier. Multifaceted and shaped crystals, some tinted. Beaded arms, crystal central ...

Gilt Bronze and cut glass Lantern. France, early 20th century. Measures: Lantern height with chain: 136 cm. Lantern height without chain: 76 cm.