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Style Napoleon III / Ref.13360

Pair of Napoleon III gaslight chandeliers

Dimensions
Width 39'' ⅜  100cm
Height 49'' ¼  125cm

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Two tone patina bronze, glass

Six arm chandeliers made in bronze with two tones of patina.  Originally gas, they have been electrified. Each arm describes a curve and counter-curve adorned with gilded bronze acanthus leaves. Each arm supports a glass globe with a glass tube, which is typical of gas lighting, and a gilded bronze knob to control the gas. The globes are chiseled with star motifs. The central column of the chandelier is fully garnished with gilded bronze decorations. Tapered busts of women linked together by floral swags adorn the baluster shaped bulge of the column. The crown of the chandelier is adorned with two patina acanthus leaves.

 

 

In 1792, William Murdoch, an Irishman and Jan Pieter Minckelers from Maastricht designed the first usable gas lamp. But this type of lighting only started filling households after the first Industrial Revolution, starting in 1820. England first, then France, where la Rue de la Paix was the first street to be lit with gaslights in 1829. In the second half of the century private homes had gaslight. Then in 1878, the electrical light was presented at the World’s Fair, light bulbs were invented the following year and ten years later houses started converting to electricity.