A pair of Baccarat Louis XVI style gilt bronze and crystal Girandoles circa 1870<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
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An elegant and decorative pair of Louis XVI-style candelabras in bronze in their beautiful original gilding. They are illuminated by six arms of candlelight, not drilled for electricity. The girandoles rest on a candlestick with a circular base in chiseled bronze with channels and pearls. The upper part is decorated with a pyramidal dagger in cut crystal.<\/p>\n
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Beautiful French work in the Louis XVI style, manufactured in the last third of the 19th century, circa 1870 and attributed to the Baccarat factory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dimensions : Hauteur 69 cm – Diam\u00e8tre 35 cm – Diam\u00e8tre terrasse 14 cm.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n In fine original condition.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1764, French King Louis XV granted Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, Bishop of Metz, permission to establish a glassworks in the Lorraine village of Baccarat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1824, Isma\u00ebl Robinet, a Baccarat glassmaker, invented an air-piston pump that facilitated glassblowing. The following year, Baccarat developed the press-molded technique.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1855, Baccarat took part in the first Paris Universal Exhibition, exhibiting two monumental candelabras and a chandelier.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1860, on October 29, Baccarat registered its trademark with the Paris Commercial Court: a carafe, a stemmed glass and a beaker inscribed in a circle. Initially printed on a paper label, the stamp was later engraved directly onto the piece.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Baccarat crystal is of the highest quality, containing no less than 31.7% lead, with no defaults and the highest standards. Cristallerie de Baccarat has been passed down through the generations and remains a symbol of French art de vivre.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paire de girandoles Baccarat de style Louis XVI en bronze dor\u00e9 et d\u00e9cor de cristal vers 1870 Une \u00e9l\u00e9gante et d\u00e9corative paire de girandoles de style Louis XVI, en bronze dans leur belle dorure d\u2019origine. Elles \u00e9clairent par six bras de lumi\u00e8re \u00e0 la bougie, non perc\u00e9es pour l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9. Les girandoles reposent sur un […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\nBaccarat:<\/b><\/b><\/h4>\n