Neoclassical Six-Light Chandelier
Attributed to Susse frères & Octave Georges Lelièvre
France, Circa 1900
An antique Neoclassical chandelier in patinated bronze heightened with gilding and alabaster, crafted in France circa 1900 and attributed to the Maison Susse Frères, after a model by the ornamentalist Octave Georges Lelièvre. Its large alabaster bowl, internally illuminated, provides dual lighting, rendering the piece as captivating illuminated as it is unlit. The veined alabaster, imbued with warm brownish-orange tones, is encircled by a gilt-bronze ring adorned with an interlacing frieze punctuated by triglyphs and guttae, inspired by classical architecture. Six light branches with foliate bobeches and fluted candle nozzles emerge from the perimeter. Beneath the bowl, six foliate bands converge into a cluster of acanthus leaves terminating in a seed finial. The chandelier is suspended from a baluster shaft richly decorated with acanthus motifs, a ribbon-tied torus, a beaded frieze, and fluting, crowned by a foliate ceiling rose. Through the rigor of its symmetry and a decorative vocabulary drawn from Greco-Roman antiquity, this chandelier perpetuates the elegance of Neoclassicism while harnessing electricity to sublime the natural translucency of the alabaster.
14 500 €
- Artist / Maker
- Attributed to Susse frères & Octave Georges Lelièvre
- Circa
- 1900
- Origin
- France
Dimensions
- Height : 31.5 in(80 cm)
- Diameter : 24.8 in(63 cm)
Technique / Materials
- Patinated and gilt bronze, alabaster
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