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CHANDELIER OLD Nineteenth-CENTURY BRONZE TO the INPUTS OF GAS ( MONTE's ELECTRICITY ) LIGHT 12 LIGHTS
19th century bronze chandelier that has preserved its old gas entrances (mounted with electricity)
Twelve lights
Work of the late 19th century
Width 80 cm
Height 85 cm
19th century bronze chandelier that has preserved its old gas entrances (mounted with electricity)
Twelve lights
Work of the late 19th century
Width 80 cm
Height 85 cm
Data sheet
- Width
- 80 cm / 31.5 in
- Height
- 85 cm / 33.4 in
Specific References
Biography
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Bronze
At the beginning, there is clay that the hand kneads, that the tool furrows. Then, through the medium of the mold, the power of fire, the fragile sketch will solidify in the hardest and most resistant alloy there is: bronze. This manufacturing process - the alloy of copper and tin - dates back to the third millennium BC: the Bronze Age was an essential stage in the technological and social evolution of mankind. From the outset, this technique made it possible to reproduce weapons, jewelry, figurines and containers of all kinds, spread throughout the Mediterranean basin, in the Near East and even in China - During the Renaissance, the statue appeared, the work of art, unique piece, melted at the request of a great collector.
Chandelier 19th century in bronze having preserved its old entries to gas (fitted for electricity )Twelve lumièresTravail of the end of the 19th siècle80 / 85 cm
Width 80 cm
Height 85 cm