Object Description
A Magnificent Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Twenty-Four-Light Figural Chandelier.
This fine chandelier is of large size at over 185 cm (73 inches) high. Finely cast in gilt-bronze it features a fluted central stem with suspended beaded chains above a neo-classical form vase issuing six acanthus cast scrolling arms terminating in female figurative supports. Each figure holds aloft a four branch candelabra with acanthus cast drip trays and fluted nozzles.
French, Circa 1870.