French Art Deco Chandelier by Morin & Val Saint-Lambert 1930s France

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MORIN ET CIE. & VAL SAINT-LAMBERT
A rare large French 1925-1930 art deco six light chandelier in wrought iron holding … Read more MORIN ET CIE. & VAL SAINT-LAMBERT
A rare large French 1925-1930 art deco six light chandelier in wrought iron holding 6 glass panels in molded-pressed glass. The chandelier was made by.Morin. A company in the city of Lyon France during the interbellum producing wrought iron and bronze lighting fixtures. And was probably designed by L. Ravaud. Since it is also represented in a Ravaud catalog. I show the old Morin catalog from the 30s ( the catalog is no part of this sale). The shades used for this chandelier are a model that is never signed. They were made by the famous Belgian glass factory Val Saint-Lambert (see catalog) it's one of the models VSL made in their 'nacrocrystal' serie of molded-pressed glass.

The chandelier is 103 cm high (40,55 inches) and about 55 cm wide (21,65 "). It's in excellent condition. The iron has a nice deep-brown patina. Also the six panels are in very good condition. No damages to report accept for the usual chips on the rim of one or two panels that are hidden behind the iron mount. As you can see on the last picture two of the six panels leave a tiny opening between glass and mounting. At first I thought it was the hand forged iron that must have been irregular but after a closer look it turned out that all the shades have a slightly different curve and some are bolder than others. Molds were used for this type of pressed art deco shades but it still remained hand work.. The chandelier is rewired with six American candelabra base sockets.

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