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MAISON BAGUÈS (worked from 1840)

An Important Set of Four Gilt-Bronze, Cut and Moulded Glass Neo-Classical Chandeliers (c. 1910 France)

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Item Stock Code

B67260

Item Medium Description

Cut-Crystal

European Dimensions

  142.00 cm high

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

  55.91 inches high

Item Diameter

92.00cm

Converted Diameter

36.22 inches

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

An Important Set of Four Gilt Bronze, Cut and Moulded Glass Neo-Classical Chandeliers by Maison Baguès. Each chandelier is of tent and basket form, with a gilt-bornze band issuing twelve scrolled candle arms and hung with acorn and oak leaf garlands, the central baluster for moulded glass stem issuing a further twelve lights.

The Baguès Company, located at 31, Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes. In 1880, Eugene Baguès joined his father in business and started to develop lighting items. In the years between the two world wars, grandsons Victor and Robert expanded the business with many highly sophisticated bronze and iron items.

MAISON BAGUÈS
Type Artist/Maker
Country of origin France
Started working 1840

Maison Baguès was founded in Paris in 1840 by Noel Baguès who specialized in religious bronze pieces. In 1880 his son Eugène developed the company by creating bronze lighting as electricity became widely available. The company settled in Le Marais, Paris. During the two world wars Victor and Robert Baguès inspired by epoque pieces greatly expand the bronze lighting line The company moves to rue de la Boetie and enjoys great success abroad. Soon the wrold financial crisis erupts and puts the firm unable to pay some debts abroad in serious difficulty.

In 1957, Jean-Pierre Baguès, son of Victor bought back the majority of the company shares restoring the family business and rejuvenating the collection. The company was taken over by a new family group in 1995 and settles in a hip Paris neighborhood near Bastille. The company reissues the more important designs of the collection and in 1999 employed Garouste & Bonnetti to create new designs in the spirit of Maison Baguès .
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Adrian Alan

Adrian Alan
66/67 South Audley Street
London
W1K 2QX
England

Open: Open Monday-Friday 10-6

Contacts: Hayley Alan, Louisa Alan, James Graham
Telephone: +44 (0)20-7495 2324
Fax: +44 (0)20-7495 0204
Website: www.adrianalan.com
We are members of:
BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION
BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION
LAPADA - THE ASSOCIATION OF ART & ANTIQUES DEALERS
LAPADA - THE ASSOCIATION OF ART & ANTIQUES DEALERS
Established: 1964
We deal in:

18th- and 19th-century Continental furniture; clocks and barometers; European ceramics; chandeliers; decorations; fireplaces

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