Baccarat (Signed) Louis XVI style gilt bronze chandelier with cut crystal decoration circa 1880
An elegant and decorative rod-shaped chandelier in the Louis XVI style, in finely chiseled and gilded bronze featuring a beautiful decoration of cut and molded white crystal, formed of descending octagons, plaquettes, basins and numerous rosettes and ending with a large and original cut crystal ball.
Our chandelier is lit by twenty-four arms of light on three levels.
Magnificent French chandelier from the late 19th century, circa 1880, with cut crystal decoration from Cristalleries de Baccarat (signed).
Sizes: H 54.33 Inches. – Diameter 29.52 Inches.
The chandelier is in good original condition, with beautiful gilding. It is professionally wired for electricity, European standards, and the possibility of setting 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.
