Manufaktur Werner & Mieth
Eight-light-Chandelier
Eight-light-Chandelier
Manufaktur Werner & Mieth Berlin
Berlin ca. 1796/7
so-called “crown with arabesque scalloped edges”
made of gilded bronze with crystal glass hanging
h: 152,5 cm
Ø 86 cm
The “Werner'sche Fabrik” was founded in 1792 and was for more than four decades Berlin's most important manufactory of handcrafted luxury objects made of gilded bronze, such as chandeliers, centerpieces, candelabras etc. The founder of the factory achieved their fame through individual productions for well known clients, including chandeliers for the Countess von der Marck, Sanssouci Palace and the winter appartment of King Frederick William II in Charlottenburg Palace.
An almost identical chandelier - but lost since World War II - was supplied by the Werner & Mieth manufactory to Frederick II's winter apartment in Charlottenburg Palace in 1797.
Lit.: Käthe Klappenbach: Kronleuchter mit Behang aus Bergkristall und Glas sowie Glaskronleuchter bis 1810, Berlin 2001, p. 331., Birgit Kropmanns: Freie Universität Berlin, dissertation project 2013.
An almost identical chandelier - but lost since World War II - was supplied by the Werner & Mieth manufactory to Frederick II's winter apartment in Charlottenburg Palace in 1797.
Lit.: Käthe Klappenbach: Kronleuchter mit Behang aus Bergkristall und Glas sowie Glaskronleuchter bis 1810, Berlin 2001, p. 331., Birgit Kropmanns: Freie Universität Berlin, dissertation project 2013.
