Signed Portieux Louis XVI style gilt bronze and crystal chandelier circa 1880<\/b><\/p>\n
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An elegant, beautiful and decorative chandelier of stem form in the classic Louis XVI style in gilt bronze and splendid cut and molded crystal decoration signed by the House of Portieux, including large cut crystal cups, mirzas and a chiseled and gilt bronze shaft, ending with a pretty crystal bell.<\/p>\n
Our chandelier lights by twelve arms of lights.<\/p>\n
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Tr\u00e8s beau travail fran\u00e7ais de style Louis XVI manufactur\u00e9 \u00e0 la fin du XIX\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, sign\u00e9 par les Cristalleries de Portieux.<\/p>\n
Sizes: H 35.43 In. - D 22.44 In.<\/p>\n
Our chandelier is in perfect original condition, and has been professionally wired for electricity, for the USA upon request.<\/p>\n
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Lorraine had granted in 1448 under the reign of Jean II of Lorraine privileges for the glassmakers 3, assimilating them to the nobility. In particular, they were granted the possibility to collect the wood or water necessary for their activity on all the ducal lands. This naturally favored the development of this industry.<\/p>\n
The history of the factory known today as the Portieux crystal factory began in Tonnoy either in 1670 or in 1690.<\/p>\n
The modest glass factory founded in 1690 by Fran\u00e7ois Magnien became two centuries later the most important company in the Vosges with a thousand employees. The Portieux crystal factory is the heir to one of the oldest French crystal factories.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sign\u00e9 Portieux Lustre en bronze dor\u00e9 et cristal de style Louis XVI vers 1880 Un rare, joli et d\u00e9coratif lustre de forme tige dans le classique style Louis XVI en bronze dor\u00e9 et splendide d\u00e9cor de cristal taill\u00e9 et moul\u00e9 sign\u00e9 par la Maison Portieux, dont des grandes coupes en cristal taill\u00e9, des mirzas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n