French Art Deco Pendant Chandelier by Maynadier and Jean Gauthier E J G - 1930s France

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Pierre Maynadier
A rare 1925-1930 French art deco pendant light.
Maynadier was a designer and producer of art deco lighting … more Pierre Maynadier
A rare 1925-1930 French art deco pendant light.
Maynadier was a designer and producer of art deco lighting during the interbellum. He had his workshop at 25 rue Saint-Sébastien in Paris. In their design and execution Maynadier lamps are of excellent quality. Maynadier used glass shades of many glass factories like Schneider Espaivet Sabino etc. But especially used Muller shades for his creations. The shades that are signed P. Maynadier are models exclusively made for Maynadier by Muller frères. The thick and heavy wonderful globe of this pendant is done in clear frosted molded-pressed glass. This model shade is never signed. Many dealers in art deco lighting attribute them to Sabino. In reality these globes were made by EJG, Etablissement Jean Gauthier. A very large 35 cm diameter version of this model exists, and these very rare large sized ones are signed J.Robert (see one of my other listings).

Numerous lighting manufacturers used the 25 cm globes for their fixtures. But I have never seen such a beautiful match of shade and hardware as this Maynadier pendant. The mount is done in nickel plated solid brass or bronze.

The pendant is in excellent condition. The collar of the shade is a bit nibbled, hidden by the bronze fitter. Some minuscule chips here and there, all invisible with the pendant in place I re-nickeled and patinated the fixture. And it is rewired with an American standard socket. For European countries I will place a E27 one. The pendant is 58 cm high (22,8") and the shade has a diameter of 24 cm (9,45").

Jean Gauthier had his first workshop at 12-14 rue Jean Robert in Paris and later expended with factories in the town of Ezanville. In the early days just after the first world war Gauthier made cameo shades that were sometimes signed Gauthier. The plants in Ezanville were opened for the production of art deco glassware in molded-pressed glass. Many art deco models are unsigned. Some are signed EJG for Etablissements Jean Gauthier. Others are signed J.Robert pseudonym for J.Gauthier based on the street name of the first workshop. In the 30s Gauthier started a line of shades done in opalescent semi-crystal, mainly cups. Some models are unsigned. Others are signed EZAN France, signature for Gauthier based on the city of the second plant.

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