Antique Carved Wood Lusterweibchen Of A Renaissance Lady

Antique chandelier representing a Renaissance lady holding a heraldic coat of arms. The chandelier is hand carved and painted wood and mounted on a large pair of deer antlers. It comes with an iron pendant light and six hand-forged iron candle spouts. Made in Germany in the 1920s. This chandelier will be a great addition to every log cabin room. Very good condition, paint partially renovated.

A characteristic example of lusterweibchen is a wooden female bust with a haughty but pleasant look. The sculpture is attached to iron chains that hang from the ceiling, the body is attached to a deer antler and is shaped like a chandelier with wrought iron candlesticks. The first chandeliers referred to as "lusterweibchen" date back to the end of the 14th century. People were fascinated by the combination of art and nature and the impressive design exuded subliminal apotropaic magic. Famous artists such as Veit Stoss, Albrecht Dürer and Tilman Riemenschneider created beautiful, unique lusterweibchen and set standards for many successors. From the second half of the 19th century until the start of the First World War, a fashionable house was equipped with a lusterweibchen. An industry of chandelier makers developed and chandeliers could be purchased from catalogs. Lusterweibchen have many facets. Noble ladies, dianas, mermaids and guilds are very popular characters. But they are not predominantly female. There are also well-known mystical creatures (dragons, chimeras, animal creatures and hybrids) and popular lustermaennchen.

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artfour is an owner-managed trading company selling Black Forest wooden sculptures, antler furniture and an impressive variety of unique decorative items. Our antiques are displayed in a century-old barn in southern Germany, which we renovated ourselves. Antiques have been our passion since the 1980s. We ship worldwide, perfectly packaged and with a money-back guarantee. This allows us to be your preferred partner for the Black Forest and antique art.