Gilbert Poillerat, Wrought iron Art Deco Chandelier, gilt highlights, circa 1930

Gilbert Poillerat, in the taste of.

Wrought iron cage chandelier with 12 armlights standing on a main cup adorned with waterleaves and gadroons. Candle crowns are also cup shaped, equally decorated with water leaves and the whole ensemble is scrolling in swirls enhanced by acanthus leaves. Six additional vase shaped candleholders, without lights, are fixed on the second rank of the chandler and are standing on curved waterleaves candle crowns.
Highlight with gold leaves on acanthus leaves and all waterleaves.

Work from the Art Deco period, circa 1930, in the style of the blacksmith Gilbert Poillerat.

Functional electrical system.

Dimensions : H 125 x D 130 cm.

Reference : LS32892501

Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988) is trained to the metalwork at the Boulle School, and he is graduated in 1921. He works for several French industrials but also exposes his personal creation in his proper name in the late 1920’s. He has deep classical inspirations and his creation shapes remind those from the 17th and 18th centuries. He received few prestigious orders in the 1930’s such as the doors of the Palais de Chaillot and grids and lightings of the Eiffel Tower restaurant.

Source : François Baudot, Gilbert Poillerat, maître ferronnier, Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1999.