Ten branch green and gilt tole peinte and cut glass Chandelier
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Ten branch green and gilt tole peinte and cut glass Chandelier

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Ten branch green and gilt tole peinte and cut glass Chandelier:
in the form of entwined leafy branches; dressed with variously shaped cut glass pendants, fruit and rosettes; with central cut glass spire ornament. French, late 19th Century and restored.

Height: 28" - 71.0cm
Width: 21" - 53.5cm

gilded, gilt

A very thin layer of gold applied to brass or bronze.

tôle peint

From the French, meaning literally 'painted iron', now applied to metal-ware painted with lacquer or oil paint

cut glass

Often now referred to as 'crystal', the glass was blown and shaped, then passed to a specialist cutter, who would polish and cut patterns to enhance its brilliance.

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