A chandelier,ornate ceiling light fixture from the time of the Second Empire. Very detailed brass cast with elaborate gimbal mounting,later professionally electrified. Circlet with radial ornaments,eagles with spreaded wings in between,which form the half-arches of the circlet. With(newer)glass shade. Diameter 57 cm,height ca. 100 cm,weight 30 kg. After Napoleon III had himself proclaimed Emperor of the French in 1852,an unprecedented building boom set in in Paris. In that period buildings like the Paris Opera,the Cirque d'Hiver or the railway station,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

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