Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Lamps, Louis XVI Style
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A pair of French Louis XVI style crystal and ormolu lamps, attributed to Baccarat, late 19th early 20th century, the cut crystal vase mounted with chased scrolled foliate handles, raised by a circular base with block and rosette feet and laurel, once in the drawing room of the Pierre Hotel Fairfax penthouse, New York 75 cm high 29 1/2in high)
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- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
- Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
- Rosette - A stylised circular-shaped disk with turned or carved decoration decoration applied to a surface, or carved into the surface, especially used in ceramics, jewellery, furniture, sculpture and textiles. Also known as a boss or a paterae or patera.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
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