Louis XVI style Marie-Antoinette chandelier in chiseled and gilded bronze with crystal decoration signed Baccarat circa 1890<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
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An elegant and decorative chandelier in the Louis XVI \u2018Marie-Antoinette\u2019 style in finely chiseled bronze with flutes and twisted branches in a beautiful matt and burnished gilding, illuminated by six arms of light. It is stem-shaped with a cut crystal shaft. Splendid white and slightly smoky cut crystal decoration composed of numerous plates, cut olive and pearl drops, large faceted crystals, drops, flowers, and three crystal bulb covers in the middle. The chandelier terminates in a large cut crystal ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Beautiful chandelier signed by the House of Baccarat circa 1890.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dimensions : Hauteur 120 cm – Diam\u00e8tre 75 cm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our chandelier is in a really fine condition, it has been cleaned and is in a beautiful matt burnished gilding. It has been wired to European standards and can be adapted to American standards on request.\u00a0<\/span><\/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":" Lustre Marie-Antoinette de style Louis XVI en bronze cisel\u00e9 et dor\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9cor de cristal sign\u00e9 Baccarat vers 1890 Un \u00e9l\u00e9gant et d\u00e9coratif lustre dans le style Louis XVI dit \u00ab\u00a0Marie-Antoinette\u00a0\u00bb en bronze finement cisel\u00e9 de cannelures et branches torsad\u00e9es dans une belle dorure mate et brunie, \u00e9clairant par six bras de lumi\u00e8re. Il […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\nBaccarat:<\/b><\/b><\/h4>\n