Lot 24
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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED THREE-BRANCH CHANDELIER
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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED THREE-BRANCH CHANDELIER

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, BY E. MOTTHEAU, PARIS, CIRCA 1900

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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED THREE-BRANCH CHANDELIER
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, BY E. MOTTHEAU, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
The opencage frame with scrolled branches entwined with wire tendrils with porcelain flowerheads, signed 'E. MOTTHEAU, PARIS'
23 in. (59 cm.) excluding chain and corona
Together with a signed pair of gilt-bronze and porcelain mounted wall appliques en suite -- 14 in. (36 cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

The bronziers Maison Mottheau et Fils exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. The introduction of electricity as a means of domestic lighting during the 1890s allowed firms such as Mottheau, whose speciality was lighting fixtures, to take full advantage of the new decorative possibilities.

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