Neo-Greek Opaque Crystal Chandelier Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1890

Elegant Oriental style chandelier in pink tinted crystal and gilded bronze with six light arms, composed of an illuminating shaft formed by two superimposed cylinders, all decorated ...

A magnificent cut crystal three-stage chandelier attributed to the Crystal Manufacture of the Granja, underlined by crown of prisms, pearls and mirza. The lower part holds ten light arms finishing by green crystal cups with gold foliate patterns. The chandelier is supported by a central baluster in cut crystal enriched with large green crystal cups highlighted by intern lights. A similar chandelier is exhibited at the Liria Palace in Madrid, the Duke of Alba’s residence. La Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja was established in 1727 in San Ildefonso under order of the Bourbon king Felipe V of Spain, in order to furbish the royal palace of the Granja in glaces and mirrors. French glass masters came at the royal manufacture in 1746, and then masters from Germany and Bohemia (1750). Like the Buen Retiro royal manufacture of porcelain, the Santa Barbara tapestry manufacture, the Granja royal manufacture of crystal took part in the diffusion of Spanish decorative arts in Europe during the 18th century. The manufacture was closed in 1808, consequently to the Spanish independence war, before being restored in 1815 under the reign of Fernando VII...

A fine neoclassical eight-light crystal chandelier by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat. French, circa 1890. The chandelier having a shallow bowl hung with eight bel...

An eight-arm Marie The´re'se style crystal chandelier, Austria, circa 1910. The pear-shaped frame supports four arms that folk into two, holding altogether eight lights. The frame is...