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A lovely pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candlesticks. Each candlestick is raised by a circular base with designs of various insects and reeded bands within a foliate...

Stunning antique Italian beaded and crystal chandelier from the 1920s. This unusual Italian crystal chandelier has a crown at the to...

An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu candlesticks. Each candlestick is raised by a circular base with a fine beaded wrap a...

English Silverplate eight-light chandelier, early 20th century. US wired.

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...

Sumptuous and large pair of 5-light sconces in gilt bronze. This fantastic set was made in the early 20th century in the style of Louis XV in France. This luxurious pair is decora...

A fine pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks. With intricate raised decoration in the form of geometric and foliate patterns. The middle of each candlestick is fluted and ...

A sixteen-light crystal chandelier in the manner of Baccarat. The 16 lights are on three floors. The crystals are perfectly preserved. Cleaned and re-wired, in full working order and...

Pair of early 19th century Empire Trajan's column ormolu candlesticks in the manner of P.-P. Thomire (1751-1843): Pair of large Empire ormolu candlesticks, the stem ressembling th...

An elegant Italian 8-light beaded crystal chandelier.

Housing 3 lights, will be rewired with certified UL US sockets for the United States and ready to hang! (appropriate sockets for all other countries) Crystal bobeches...

A fine pair of antique French 19th century Louis XV style five light gilt bronze candelabra Beautiful antique French five light gilt bronze hand chiselled pair of Louis XV style can...