Hanging lamp - Spider in ormolu - Bronze - Eight Arms

It is a chandelier that embodies that theatrical and voluptuous luxury of the Louis XV style, reinterpreted in a golden, brilliant key thanks to ormolu, that mercury-gilt gold that in the 19th century and much of the 20th became synonymous with opulence. The piece unfolds eight arms that open like living branches, each crowned with a metallic flower that supports the light with the same grace with which a candle would have been borne in the past. Nothing is straight: everything curves, undulates, twists, following that rococo language where matter seems animated by a vegetal impulse. The central body, richly modeled, combines leaves, volutes, and small floral motifs that interlace naturally. The gold is warm and deep, multiplying reflections and turning the lamp into a focal point even when unlit. The chain and the upper cup retain the same ornamental richness, so the piece is perceived as a coherent whole, designed to descend from the ceiling like a fragment of a French palace brought into the domestic interior of the 20th century. There is in it a delicious blend of theatricality and balance: exuberant, yes, but never heavy; decorative, yet also harmonious. A lamp that illuminates both by its light and by its presence, a direct heir to the court taste of the 18th century and reinterpreted with the refined technique of the first half of the last century. Certificate of shipment and good packaging.

Estimate:$337.11

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