Object Description
An Impressive Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Glass Tent and Bag Eight-Light Chandelier.
This fine chandelier has a gilt-bronze acanthus cast corona hung with octagonal flatbacks and faceted pear-shaped drops above a blue enamel band from which is suspended chains of octagonal beads to a gilt-bronze and enamel gallery issuing eight acanthus wrapped arms terminating in circular drip trays and stiff-leaf cast sconces, the lower basket section with chains of graduated flatback beads within a gilt-bronze foliate cast frame, with an acanthus and pinecone finial.
French, Circa 1890.