French gilded and cut-glass 18-light Chandelier with cartouches
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French gilded and cut-glass 18-light Chandelier with cartouches
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French gilded and cut-glass 18-light Chandelier with cartouches:
the stem with ladies’ faces on ribbon cartouches and two tiers of scrolling foliate candle branches; dressed with festoons and hangers of ’empire’ prisms and ‘French pear’ pendants. Circa 1870.
Height: | 44" | - | 109.0cm |
Width: | 29" | - | 73.5cm |
Glossary Words
'Empire' prism
Octagonal cut-glass prism with flat front and star-cut back. Used in late 18th century France and also in England on some Regency chandeliers. Lesser-quality prisms were used on chandeliers through the 19th century; a bastardised version is still being made in Bohemia today.
French 'pear' pendant
Pear-shaped pendant with flat front and star-cut back, the angular edges giving a sharper form than the English pear.
Empire
Of the reign of the French Emperor Napoleon (Bonaparte) from 1804-1815. Grand, symmetrical designs using classical forms in a formal Greek way were combined with motifs associated with Napoleon, such as eagles, bees, laurel wreaths and Egyptian subjects. See Directoire and Second Empire.
cartouche
Tablet or panel like a piece of paper with scrolling edges.