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 and brilliant key thanks to ormolu, that mercury-gilding gold that in the 19th century and much of the 20th century became synonymous with opulence. The piece unfolds eight arms that spread out like living branches, each ending in a metallic flower that holds the light with the same grace with which a candle would have been held in the past. Nothing is straight: everything curves, undulates, coils, 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 intertwine naturally. The warm, deep gold multiplies reflections and makes the lamp a focal point even when turned off. The chain and the upper cup maintain 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 transferred into the domestic interior of the twentieth century. There is in it a delicious mix of theatricality and balance: exuberant, yes, but never heavy; decorative, but also harmonious. A lamp that illuminates both by its light and by its presence, direct heir to the court taste of the XVIII century and reinterpreted with the refined technique of the first half of the last century. Insured shipping and careful packaging.

Estimate:£251.27

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