A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SILVERED-METAL, ROCK CRYSTAL AND MOULDED GLASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

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THE PROPERTY OF MRS BARBARA PIASECKA JOHNSON (LOTS 20-21)

A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SILVERED-METAL, ROCK CRYSTAL AND MOULDED GLASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

20TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUÉS

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SILVERED-METAL, ROCK CRYSTAL AND MOULDED GLASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
20TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUÉS
The central faceted baluster shaft surmounted by scrolling branches hung with fruit-shaped drops and suspending from cut-glass chains the stepped scrolling candle-branches, decorated with further fruit-shaped drops including grapes, pears and peaches as well as leaves, and further branches suporting resting birds, terminating in a faceted boss flanked by further drops, minor losses and replacements to the glass
51 in. (130 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The firm of Baguès Frères, Paris, working from the late 19th Century, produced a wide variety of lighting fixtures and iron work in modern and earlier styles. Elaborating and mixing the two styles, using fountains, fruit, flowers and animals for their subjects, Baguès specialize in rock crystal set in silvered or gilt mounts, and their work includes the magnificent chandeliers in the Chambre de la Reine at Versailles.

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