Empire Style Chandelier. Russia. 19th Century.

An impressive Empire style chandelier, consisting of a blue painted sphere with voluminous gilt stars, suspended on massive chains from an upper rosette, richly decorated with palmettes and clusters of cones. The central part of the lamp consists of 9 (nine) horns, made in the shape of swans and located in a circle in the central part of the sphere. Electrified. Dimensions: 130x66x66 cm. A similar Russian gilt bronze chandelier of spherical shape was sold at Christies, Paris, on April 14, 2015, Le Goût Français - Art decoratifs du XVIIe sisècle au XIXe siècle, lot 179 Literature: Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Klinkhardt and Biermann, Munich, 1986, p. 359, table 5.11.4