A chased ormolu and blue lacquered chandelier with twelve foliate scrolled arms. It is crowned with royal crowns and in its centre a putto, holding a lyre and a leafy crown, sits on a starry sphere held in a basket of flowers. Richly decorated with pendants and garlands of crystals. Charles X period, attributable to the work of Claude Galle. H. 120 cm - Diameter 70 cm Bibliography M. Shapiro, "Monsieur Galle, Bronzier et Doreur" in The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, volume 6-7, 1978-1979, pp. 57-74. H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 359, fig. 5.II.4. J. Bourne and V. Brett, L'art du luminaire, Paris, 1992, p. 163. M.-F. Dupuy-Baylet, L'heure, le feu, la lumière. Les bronzes du Mobilier National 1800-1870, Dijon, 2010, pp. 184-185.