Figural Chandelier “The Musicians”
A monumental 2008 brass commission developed as part of an unrealized four-chandelier series
Created in 2008, this monumental figural chandelier was developed as the first work in a planned series of four unique chandeliers for a historic townhouse interior. Each piece was intended for one of the four corners of a vast, high-ceilinged room, creating a sculptural lighting composition integrated with the architecture of the space.
Each chandelier was conceived around a different musician figure, individually modelled and cast in solid brass using the lost-wax method. The completed work shown here was the first in the series, establishing the scale, structure and ornamental language intended for the remaining three pieces.
The chandelier measures 170 cm in height including its suspension chain. The central musician figure was modelled and cast within the atelier, while the surrounding ornamental elements were developed, assembled, gilded and finished by hand. Figure, ornament and light were conceived as parts of a single monumental composition rather than as separate decorative elements.
The wider commission was interrupted during the financial crisis of 2008, and the remaining three chandeliers were never completed. As a result, this object became the only realized work from the original four-piece concept.
Today, the chandelier remains part of the Heritage Archive, documenting an important stage in the atelier’s development of large-scale figural lighting. Its scale, lost-wax cast figure and architectural composition mark a formative stage in the transition from traditional metalwork toward increasingly sculptural and monumental objects.
The result is not simply a chandelier from an unfinished series. It is the surviving expression of a larger architectural concept in which figure, ornament and light were intended to shape the space as a whole.
