Lot 72
A Fine Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Eight-Light Chandelier, late 19th/early 20th c., Mottheau et Fils, Paris, marked, circular frame issuing four pairs of foliate scrolled branches and suspending bell-shaped shade, draped with festoons of beads and pendants, height 51 1/2 in., diameter 34 in Note: The firm Mottheau et Fils, known for its lighting fixtures, did well with the advent of electricity and displayed several of their "torchère lumineuse" at the 1900 Paris Exhibition where it was commented "we doubt if a more complete success is to be recorded to the credit of any exhibitor than can be conceded to Messieurs Mottheau et Fils." While primarily focused on lighting the firm still offered a variety of other wares. Reference: Wilson, Gillian ed. French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes: Baroque and Regence: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. 2008. p. 153; Thomson, D. Croal ed. The Art Journal The Paris Exhibition 1900. 1901. p. 155
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