Petitot: French art deco chandelier ... 1930 France

Henri Petitot
A French 1935 art deco chandelier in nickel plated solid brass or bronze by the famous Paris based company of H.Petitot. The bronze maker Antonin Petitot started his company in 1878. His son Henri Petitot took over in 1917. He wasn't a retailer and sold his lights to lamp shops all over France, Europe and the States. In the early days of art deco they produced precious fixtures in high quality bronze with shades by the best French glass factories such as verreries des Hanots Muller freres and Degué. In the mid 30s they changed their style and produced mainly lights in a modernist look which often had opalescent shades in bluish semi-crystal by the EJG (Ezan) glass company. The chandelier I present is unsigned. These shades do not exist with a signature and were designed and exclusively made for Petitot by Verreries des Hanots (Holophane,Verlys). I show a picture of a Petitot catalogue representing a flush mount fixture with an identical bowl. Also a very similar model bowl that is less high does exist and this variation is Petitot signed.
The chandelier has a drop of 84 cm (33) and a diameter of 68 cm (26-3/4). It is in excellent condition. The fixture has been replated and the lamp is newly wired. It holds european E14 candelabra sockets and a standard E27 one for the central bowl. I will rewire it for the US Canada and Japan with US standard and candelabra base sockets.

The chandelier can be shipped by priority mail. Safely packed in several parcels and fully insured. A pick up in Rotterdam is possible as well.

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