Thirty-light Ceiling Light. Bronze, Glass. 19th Century.

Ceiling lamp with thirty lights. Bronze, glass. 19th century.
It is possible that some beads are missing pieces.
Chandelier or ceiling lamp with thirty lights in total, with their corresponding glass saucers, reminiscent of the time when candles were used, and a gilded bronze structure with arms decorated with scrolls and curved lines on which pieces of transparent glass have been placed on the central axis. A series of chains with polygonal beads, rectangular pieces, others with particular shapes, upward points, etc. adorn the different levels in which the lamp is structured. The variety of shapes and the quality of the colorless glass are remarkable. The profiles of some beads (drops, polygons, pinjantes) are found in both Bohemian and French works and in most of them at the Real Fábrica de Vidrios y Cristales de La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia, Spain) due to the great popularity they enjoyed. Stars or small flowers are much rarer in the examples that have come down to us, and are found, according to experts, more often in the French school (and in the Spanish school due to the latter's influence). The mastery of sculpture is visible in the profiles and in the finesse of the modeling of the shaft. The bronze decorative elements clearly show neoclassical influences, while the beads and other glass elements are more reminiscent of the "Maria Theresa lamps," based on those commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa for her coronation in factories in the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic in 1743. This typology quickly spread throughout Europe, varying in design and serving as an example in the major glassworks to this day. They are clearly distinguished from the work done in Murano (Italy), but the chandelier is part of a tradition that has its roots in Bohemia and continues in France, where as much attention is paid to gilded bronze as to glass. Similar lamps can still be found in important mansions such as the Fernán Núñez Palace (Madrid), the Viana Palace (Córdoba), the National Museum of Decorative Arts (Madrid), the Paz Palace (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the Louvre Museum (Paris) and others. -
Size: 100x100x135 cms