CHANDELIER CARQUOIS-30

This chandelier is a variation on the “quiver” model, a very famous 18th-century design, likely by Louis François Feuchère.
Following the success of the original design, the quiver motif became a highly fashionable decorative motif. It can be found at the Château de Compiègne (the Queen’s Games Room, the King of Rome’s Apartment), as well as at the Château de Fontainebleau and on a chandelier dating from 1785 at the Petit Trianon; the greatest names in the field (Pierre Gouthière, Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Simon Louis Boizot, etc.) created their own variations on the theme.
Surmounted by a wrought quiver, on the model of that of Pierre Gouthière dating from 1781 and preserved in the Louvre Museum, six twisted arms of light each carry five candles.
The candle furthest from each arm rests on a garland of foliage supporting a small dish and a flower-bud-shaped candleholder. The other four candles are supported by stems of foliage, whose flowering tips conceal a candleholder.
Bronze ribbons, modeled after François Rémond’s 1786 candelabra from the Palace of Versailles, connect the arms to the central quiver. Two tassels complete the ensemble.