French six-branch gilt and Sèvres-style porcelain Chandelier
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French six-branch gilt and Sèvres-style porcelain Chandelier
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French six-branch gilt and Sèvres-style porcelain Chandelier:
in the form of a basket of flowers; the woven basket filled with leafy branches profusely covered in variously coloured hand-painted porcelain flowers. Circa 1920 and restored.
| Height: | 29" | - | 74.0cm |
| Width: | 25" | - | 64.0cm |
Glossary Words
gilded, gilt
A very thin layer of gold applied to brass or bronze.
Sèvres
Sèvres porcelain, was made at the royal factory of Sèvres, near Versailles, founded at Vincennes in 1738 and moved to Sèvres in 1756. On the decline of Meissen after 1756 from its supreme position, Sèvres became the leading porcelain factory in Europe. The patronage of Louis XV’s mistress Madame de Pompadour influenced the move made from Vincennes to Sèvres, where she had a château. It was after her that rose Pompadour was named in 1757; this was one of many new background colours developed at Sèvres, another ‘bleu de roi’ (c.1757), has passed into the dictionary as a universal term.
