H. PETITOT : LARGE FRENCH 1930 ART DECO CHANDELIER cleopatra . Muller freres

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H. PETITOT : LARGE FRENCH 1930 ART DECO CHANDELIER cleopatra . Muller freres:
$8000.00

Cleopatra chandelier by H. Petitot

Alarge French1933 art decochandelier inchromedbrass orbronzeby the famousParis based companyof Hubert Petitot holdingfour slip shades and four side-shades. These shadeswere produced for Petitot by the Muller freres glass factories. This model is referred to as "Cleopatra" in the old catalogs. The bronze worker Alexandre Petitot started his company in 1878. His son Alexandre Hubert took over around 1917. The Paris based company of Petitot was a wholesale sellingits lamps to lightingshops all over France Europe and the States. Together with Hettier & VincentPetitot became the largest producer of French art deco lighting in the late 20s and early 30s. Petitot produced precious fixtures in high quality bronze with shades from the best French glass manufacturers.

TheCleopatrashades are made ofthick frosted pressed glass. These horizontal and vertical ribbed shades are frosted on both in and outside. The side-shades aresigned petitot.The mounting is marked with the usual Petitot initials AP for Alexandre Petitot.

The chandelier has a drop of80,5cm(31-11/16")anda diameter of66,5cm (26-3/16").Itis inexcellentcondition. One of the slip shades has a chip on the rim, completely hidden by the mount. The fixture still has its original chrome plating that hardly shows any wear. In the 20s art deco mounts were often nickeled. Chrome plating was a new invention that in France was first used for lighting fixtures in 1933. This Cleopatra chandelier was made around 1933-35. It is represented in the 1933 Petitot catalog.

The chandelieris newly wired.It holdsfour American standard sockets and fourAmericancandelabra baseones. For European countries I will place E27 and E14 sockets.

Shipping to the USA: I send my parcels with Dutch post PostNL - incoterm DDP (delivered duty paid) so no additional duties or tariffs for the receiver. Parcels are distributed in the States by out over 400 other French art deco lamps in my shop.91631135