ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILT-METAL, CUT AND MOULDED GLASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER
ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of cage construction, hung with pierced facetted droplets, with central pierced baluster shaped shaft issuing a floral spray, the scrolled branches interspersed with flowerheads, fitted for electricity, minor losses and replacements to glass elements
36 in. (91 cm.) high; 23 in. (59 cm.) diameter

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Olivier Coutau-Bégarie, Paris, 18 December 1998, lot 227, where acquired by the present owner.

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The firm of Baguès Frères, Paris, working from the mid-19th century, produced a wide variety of lighting fixtures and iron work in modern and earlier styles. Elaborating and mixing the two styles, using fountains, fruit, flowers and animals for their subjects, Baguès specialized in rock crystal set in silvered or gilt mounts, often using the vine or leaf motifs so dear to them which are featured in the present chandelier. Their work also included the magnificent chandeliers in the Chambre de la Reine at Versailles. Amongst the chandeliers attributed to Baguès sold at auction recently, an ormolu, silvered-metal, rock crystal and glass chandelier was sold from the property of Mrs. Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Christie's, London, 6 December 2007, lot 21 (£50,900 including premium).