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Signed Baccarat Decorative Glass made into a lamp browse these categories for related items... All Items: Lighting: Tabletop: Pre 1920: item #766930
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| Decorative Signed Baccarat Glass Lamp with an hand made parchment shade in gilt detail, Total Height from finial to base: 21.5" from base to bottom of shade:12.5" shade height:7.5" shade diameter,bottom:10.5" The History of Baccarat was in 1764 King Louis XV of France gave permission for a glassworks in the town of Baccarat in the Lorraine region in eastern France to Prince Bishop Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Laval-Montmorency. The production consisted of window panes, mirrors and stemware and it was in 1816 when the first crystal oven went into operation. By that time over 3000 workers were employed at the site. Baccarat received its first royal commission in 1823. This began with a lengthy line of commissions for royalty and heads of state throughout the world. It was in 1855 that Baccarat won its first gold medal at the World's Fair in Paris. Baccarat first began marking its work with a registered mark in 1860. The mark was a label affixed to the bottom of the work. In the period 1846-1849 Baccarat signed some of their high quality glass paperweights with the letter B and the year date in a composite cane. The crystal production expanded its scope throughout this period, and Baccarat built a world-wide reputation for making quality stemware, chandeliers, barware, and perfume bottles. Later Baccarat created an American subsidiary in 1948 in New York City. By 2007 there were stores in Chicago, Costa Mesa, Dallas, Houston, Greenwich, CT, Honolulu, New York, Troy, MI, San Francisco, Palm Desert, CA, Las Vegas and Atlantic City. A retrospective was held in 1964 at the Louvre Museum to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the crystal works. In 1993 Baccarat began making jewelry and in 1997 the company expanded into perfume. With this free form Signed Baccarat glass made into a lamp is a very decorative piece to enchance the décor, especially if you love the quality of glassmaking. LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting. | |||||||||||||
