Pair of candlesticks on stands, XIX century.

Pair of chandeliers on stand and Murano mirrors, nineteenth century.
Measurements: 180 cm (total height with mirror).
Pair of candlesticks in silver petal Louis XVI style. Venetian Murano mirrors. Venetian mirrors were handmade on the island of Murano in Venice. Murano blown glass and detailed engravings make these pieces authentic works of art. There were not few centers of glassmaking in the Christian West during the late Middle Ages, but all eclipsed Venice from the early thirteenth century to the seventeenth century. Venice had for teachers to the Byzantines from whom he learned the enameling and gilding of the pieces and in the city and its neighboring island of Murano distinguished by the finesse, elegance, lightness, variety and fantasy of their products that today are admired in many museums and collections.