"19th Century French Pair Of Belle époque Baccarat Crystal “crinoline” Plafonniers"
19th Century French Pair of Belle Époque Baccarat Crystal “Crinoline” PlafonniersCrinoline model created in 1895
Composed of a crown in gilded bronze from which escape long prisms with darts and a cut crystal center piece cup finished with an ormolu pinecone, the top surmounted by a crystal piece as well.
Cristallerie de Baccarat
Circa 1895
H 60 cm Diam 38 cm
This emblematic piece of heritage bathes spaces in a rain of crystal.
Like a luminous architecture, light transfigures its large prisms into sparkling
stalactites of ice.
Between its unique transparency and its facets treated like thousands of micro-mirrors, the Crinoline chandelier transforms light into a surprise, evolving every second according to the movements of its environment.
Between 1764 and 1860, with rare exceptions, the crystal Manufacture of Baccarat doesn’t sign its works. The first paper labels appear in 1860 and represent inside a circle, a carafe surrounded by a goblet and a cup above which is marked BACCARAT. From 1875, the brand BACCARAT in stick letters and in relief is present on some blown models and on the bronze parts of the mounts. It’s from 1936 that the carafe, surrounded by a goblet and a cup with BACCARAT marked above, appears systematically on the production.
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