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Twenty-Four-Arm Chandelier Based on Château de Versailles Chandeliers, 20th century

This cage chandelier with twenty-four arms of light was made in the second half of the 20th century on a model identical to certain chandeliers at the Château de Versailles. The top of the chandelier forms a flared bowl in gilded metal reflecting the light; it is accompanied by rods embellished with rosettes and poly-lobed crystals of various shapes. The top of the cage is formed by waves of gilded metal ending in Art Deco-style pendants or crystal balusters topped with daggers. The body of the chandelier tapers before unfolding fully. The curves and counter-curves are always punctuated by the presence of crystals: balusters topped with daggers, Art Deco pendants and wave-shaped arms of light whose ends are adorned with basins in the shape of flower corollas supporting dummy candles. A ball carved with ovals and a rosette (below) hangs from the lower end of the chandelier. The Art Deco pendants are electrified. This chandelier was executed after a model made repeatedly in the Château de Versailles, which can be found in the Salon de Mars and in the antechamber of the Grand Couvert in the Grands Appartements for example. These were executed by Baguès in 1863-1864, as a copy of a chandelier in the collections. Despite minor differences, the mounts of these chandeliers are identical, and the ornamentation is very similar (with the exception of the Art Deco decorations).

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Pair of cast iron wall brackets in the Napoleon III style

An elegant pair of cast iron wall brackets in the Napoleon III style. The structure features graceful scrollwork accented with vegetal motifs. Their balanced and ornamental silhouette makes them an ideal decorative and functional element for supporting a lantern or sign in a characterful interior or facade.

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Six-light chandelier in cut crystal and gilt bronze, in the style of the Cristallerie Royale de Champagne de Bayel

This six-arm chandelier combines a chased gilt bronze framework with an abundant cut crystal garniture, in the characteristic style of the Cristallerie Royale de Champagne de Bayel, a Champagne manufacture founded in 1666 under the patronage of Louis XIV and brought to its apogee under the Second Empire by the Marquot family from 1853 onwards. The central shaft, composed of several superimposed elements — fluted balusters, faceted vases with flat-cut panels and a gadrooned collar — is traversed by a patinated bronze rod and crowned by a faceted spherical finial. The suspension crown is entirely dressed with garlands of round cabochons cut in rosette fashion, arranged in festoons and sinuous cascades. The gilt bronze scroll arms each carry a gadrooned bobeche and are further adorned, at the level of the shaft, with vases and small cups in cut crystal. The lower section presents an abundant garniture of pendants: scallop-edged daggers, shaped plaques, pears and faceted balls suspended from eight-pointed stars, together with square-section spires. The whole rests on a bronze crown with gadrooned decoration.