"Pair Of Champlevé Enamel Candlesticks By Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810 - 1892)"
Very fine pair of candlesticks by the prestigious Maison Barbedienne,manufacturer, editor and founder. These two candlesticks are made out of gilt bronze and champlevé enamel with really fine polychrom effects. Turned candlesticks decorated with foliage scrolls and leaves, ornated with a flattened ball and a corolla. They are an example of the medieval champlevé and representative of the rebirth of enamel, true technical innovation of this parisian Maison know for its precision. These luxury objects were destined to a daily use and decorated the finest houses. The Maison Barbedienne made a series of rewards and exhibited at every great fair of the 19th century.Period : 1880
Origin : France, Paris
Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892), founder, manufacturer and editor.
The Maison Barbedienne is one of the best and this industrial is characteristic of the union between art and industry in the history of decorative arts of the second half of the 19th century. Ferdinand Barbedienne was born in St-Martin-de-Fresnay (Calvados) in 1810 and died in Paris in 1892. In 1839 he founded his Maison where he made bronze copies of museum masterpieces. His editing process served a lot of his contemporary sculptors. He also editied a lot of furnishing bronzes in collaboration with some of the greatest ornemanists of the time, like Louis-Constant Sévin. Close collaboration between artists and manufacturer always gives birth to a high quality production because they seek the better use of progress in technical researches and a better use of machines. It is beauty emerging from technique. Thanks to their collaborations with artists, several manufacture, not only raised their level of production, but also gave Paris the title of undisputed captial of luxury industries.