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Hi, please can you help me identifying this 1890 chandelier. It comes from my grandmother's house, the only thing that i know about it is that it's from transition era between gas and electricity. It's silver-plated. I dont know if its french or english. I suspect it could be Napoleon III style but from Art Nouveau period (not style or maybe?) Please any idea feel free to post a comment.

 

Oh Mister Nate!

That thing is gorgeous, and nothing could induce me to attempt to polish it!!!

 

With that stag & doe motif, where did the chandelier used to live?

 

Thank you, silver must shine... it's beautiful when clean... but a real nightmare to polish

 

Hi, thanks for your comment, it used to live in a French-style house, in a bourgeois neighborhood of the city in Lima, Peru.

 

And here I was thinking Scotland.

Think we forgot to say a proper Welcome to Antiquers, Pridark.

 

Thanks you!

 

Hello @Pridark & welcome to the forum!!

@MrNate

That is one spectacular chandelier!!

However, judging by the artwork in the background I do not believe this piece is going to take up residence in your house.

 

Hello @bercrystal, thanks!

 

Does anyone have any idea what style this chandelier is?

 

My SWAG (scientific wild ass guess) would be the late 1800s to very early 1900s & in the Art Nouveau style. BWDIK

Now let's see if someone who really knows what they are talking about has to say.

@Ghopper1924 @verybrad @anundverkaufen

 

But wasn't it originally wired for electric light? It appears to have been.

Debora

 

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Not really, it was modified at some point. See photo

 

Are you sure? That would mean the downward facing arms with the stag heads at their base were added.

Debora

 

Actually it was a hybrid lamp electric/gas. Stag arms were electric and doe arms were gas.
At that time the electric light was not very stable and to avoid inconveniences the lamps had the option of gas power to ensure the lighting of the homes. Like the picture bellow.

Fernando

 

Oh, that's interesting. So when were well-to-do households in Lima, Peru wired for electricity?

Debora

 

I just did a little search, in Lima it was about 1886

 

Four years after New York City? That seems a bit early.

Debora

 

Yes, I was surprised too. At that time Peru was a country with the latest developments of that time. then everything changed.

 

Thanks for your answer, I always thought it should be Art Nouveau, although the decoration is not the typical one with organic and vegetal forms. It's like a eclectic mix.