A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Girondole lamps
List: $15,500.00
A stunning and tastefully decorated pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Girondole lamps. Each six light lamp is raised on a circular Ormolu base with a mottled edge and six flat feet beneath.... — Read More
A stunning and tastefully decorated pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Girondole lamps. Each six light lamp is raised on a circular Ormolu base with a mottled edge and six flat feet beneath. The fut is encased in a Baccarat Crystal body that leads upwards towards the six 'S' scrolled Ormolu arms that are decorated with Crystal reserves to the end. Each of the six arms end with decorated Crystal rosette candle cups that are surrounded by hanging asscher and emerald cut Crystals. Joining each of the six arms are swaging garlands of ball pendant Crystal chains. Above the arms are Ormolu sprays with attached rosette Crystals and round Crystal pendants with emerald Crystals hanging from the end. Above the Ormolu spray is an array of Ormolu scrolls with round cut Crystals attached throughout. Hanging below each Ormolu scroll are additional round Crystal pendants, rosette Crystals, and emerald cut Crystals. The top crown of these exquisite girondoles display stunning central perfume bottle shaped Baccarat Crystals. — Read Less
- Item # 5347
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H: 27 in L: 15 in D: 15 in
H: 69 cm L: 38 cm D: 38 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- Baccarat Crystal, Ormolu
- Louis XVI st. Read More
- Baccarat Read More
In 1764 King Louis XV of France gave permission to found a glassworks in the town of Baccarat. Production consisted of window panes, mirrors and stemware until 1816 when the first crystal oven went into operation. By that time over 3000 workers were employed at the site.
Baccarat was famous and requested by many royal houses and received its first royal commission in 1823. This began a lengthy line of commissions for royalty and heads of state throughout the world. In 1855 Baccarat won its first gold medal at the Worlds Fair in Paris after which they began to mark their creations towards the end of the 19th century.
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