A GERMAN NEOCLASSICAL SILVER AND GILT BRONZE TWELVE LIGHT CRYSTAL CHANDELIER ATTRIBUTED TO WERNER & MIETH
REF: FA1157
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An elegant gilt bronze chandelier with drop hung corona interlaced with faceted beads, supporting six ormolu tassels suspended on diamond chain drops. The main ornate frame, mounted with silver mofits, issuing twelve scrolling arms supporting folite drip pans and candle nozzles. The frame also supporting six drop hung sprays with graduating beads. The chandelier hung with faceted ovals and icicles, terminating with a blue dish mounted with a pine cone finial.
- Height 139.65 cm / 55 "
- Diameter 93.94 cm / 37 "
- Period 1750-1799
- Year 1790
- Country Germany
- Literature Werner & Mieth, Berlin, active 1792-1819: Werner & Mieth was founded in Berlin in 1792 by Christian Gottlob Werner, Gottfried Mieth and Friedrich Luckau Jr.. The workshop became famous for its well-made bronzes and mounted glassware, and it was the most important Berlin manufacturer of hand-made luxury goods in gilded bronze for more than four decades. In 1794, Werner & Mieth was given a royal appointment by King Frederick William II of Prussia (1744-1797). Its clientele included several of the finest German palaces and castles of that day for important royal residences, including the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin and the Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam. Werner & Mieth drew inspiration from France, England and the Netherlands and worked with a range of materials such as gold, silver, bronze, glass, copper, crystal, tin and mercury. By 1810, Werner & Mieth was exporting its chandeliers to the major cities of Europe such as Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, St Petersburg and Constantinople.
