Neo-gothical lantern

A lantern in patinated bronze with gilt details, representing a gothic tower with an architectural décor of arcs, rosettes and swirls. With an electric light inside, it can be opened through little windows coloured in the tones of yellow, magenta and blue. Each one of them is surmounted by arcs and rosettes, in the centre of which is the top of the tower, pierced with three little decorative holes on each side in order to let the light out.
In France, the troubadour style gradually assumes some importance. These are the writings of Chateaubriand who first raise the taste for medieval times. Since 1805, the Empress Josephine had installed at Malmaison a gothic gallery but interest in the Middle Ages touch at that time a minority. After the Restoration and the instigation of the Duchess of Berry, the troubadour style acquires a wide audience especially among the royalists.


Bibliography:W. Vaughan, l'Art du XIXe siècle, 1780-1850, Paris, 1989, ed. Citadelles et Mazenod, p358.