Gilded bronze Empire style chandelier with angels, 20th century

Empire-style chandelier made of gilded bronze with putti. Italian chandelier with winged angels made of gilded bronze, featuring intricately carved castings and good quality gilding, from around 1950. The chandelier is Italian and dates back to the 1950s. The piece is in good condition, ready to hang, the gilding has been cleaned, and the piece has been re-electrified.
This elegant, six-arm gilded chandelier is suspended on three chains attached to a gilded bronze casting that surrounds a pine cone-shaped finial; the casting is connected to the ceiling rosette by a tall, tubular element with a fluted shaft; the three chains, in turn, support the lamp shade, a round shade that is adorned at the bottom with an elegant pod-like pattern, ending with a decorative pine cone motif. The same pine cone motif is found above the bowl in the center of six winged cherub figures. Around the perimeter of the bowl, near the edge, six cupids are placed. These are six angels that alternately stand and kneel, holding a chain in both hands.

The cup has six curved arms ending with bobeches, on which six electric candles are placed, compatible with E14 bulbs. The maximum power is 500 watts.

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