Louis XV-style gilt bronze chandelier with cut crystal decoration signed by Cristalleries de Baccarat circa 1890
An elegant and decorative Louis XV-style cage-shaped crystal crown chandelier, in gilded bronze, featuring a beautiful cut-crystal decoration in white, smoke, and amethyst colors, composed of numerous elements such as illuminating daggers on the periphery and in the center, large plates including superb large crystals, rosettes and flowers, signed by the Cristalleries de Baccarat. It ends with a superb cut-crystal ball.
The chandelier is illuminated by eight arms of light and four daggers on the periphery, with a central dagger on the inside.
Beautiful late 19th-century French chandelier, whose cut-crystal decoration is signed by Cristalleries de Baccarat, circa 1880-1890.
Sizes: H 43.30 Inches. – Diameter 28.34 Inches.
The chandelier is in good original condition, with beautiful old gilding. It is professionally wired for electricity, European standards, possibility to upgrade to the American standard on request.
Baccarat:
In 1764, French King Louis XV granted Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, Bishop of Metz, permission to establish a glassworks in the Lorraine village of Baccarat.
In 1824, Ismaël Robinet, a Baccarat glassmaker, invented an air-piston pump that facilitated glassblowing. The following year, Baccarat developed the press-molded technique.
In 1855, Baccarat took part in the first Paris Universal Exhibition, exhibiting two monumental candelabras and a chandelier.
In 1860, on October 29, Baccarat registered its trademark with the Paris Commercial Court: a carafe, a stemmed glass and a beaker inscribed in a circle. Initially printed on a paper label, the stamp was later engraved directly onto the piece.
Baccarat crystal is of the highest quality, containing no less than 31.7% lead, with no defaults and the highest standards. Cristallerie de Baccarat has been passed down through the generations and remains a symbol of French art de vivre.
