Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier With Cut Crystal Decoration Signed By Baccarat

Louis XV-style gilt bronze chandelier with cut crystal decoration signed by Cristalleries de Baccarat circa 1890

An elegant and decorative crystal crown chandelier in the Louis XV style, in gilded bronze and featuring a beautiful cut crystal decoration in white, smoke, and amethyst colors. The design is composed of numerous elements such as illuminating cups around the periphery; an illuminating dagger in the middle; and large plates including superb large crystals, rosettes, and flowers, signed by the Cristalleries de Baccarat. The chandelier ends in a cut crystal ball.

This beautiful late 19th-century French chandelier, whose cut crystal decoration is signed by the Cristalleries de Baccarat circa 1880-1890, lights up with eight arms of light and four illuminating crystal bowls on the periphery and inside a central illuminating dagger.

Sizes: H 39.37 Inches. – Diameter 28.34 Inches.

The chandelier is in good original condition, with beautiful old gilding. It is professionally wired for electricity, European standards, possibility to upgrade to the American standard on request.

Baccarat:

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.
In 1824, Ismaël Robinet, a Baccarat glassmaker, invented an air-piston pump that facilitated glassblowing. The following year, Baccarat developed the press-molded technique.
In 1855, Baccarat took part in the first Paris Universal Exhibition, exhibiting two monumental candelabras and a chandelier.
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.

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.