RANC & MULLER : FRENCH 1930 ART DECO CHANDELIER #3 .. lamp degue daum era France

Charles Ranc & Muller frères

A rare French 1930 art deco chandelier in nickel plated solid brass or bronze by the famous Paris based company of Charles Ranc (64 rue de la Folie-Mericourt). The luxurious high quality mount carries six cups in clear frosted moulded-pressed glass by Muller frères. The famous glass factory from Luneville France. This model shade is refered to as ‘aux gouttes d’eau’(the water drops) in the old Muller catalogs. All six are signed Muller frères Luneville. The mounting is marked RC on the inside of some its components. Charles Ranc was a designer and producer of bronze lighting fixtures. He started his company in 1909 he became very successful 1925 onwards. In 1928 his two brothers Auguste and Eugène and his sister Madeleine joined the company and it was renamed Ranc frères. In 1930 they moved from the Folie-Mericourt street to 97 rue Oberkampf. The company closed its doors just before the war. 

The chandelier has a height of 64,5 cm (25,4 inches) and is 65,5 cm wide (25,8"). The shades have a diameter of 20 cm. It is in excellent condition. The mounting is renickeled and patinated. I rewired it with six American candelabra base sockets. For European countries I will place E14 ones.

Free worldwide shipping. The chandelier will be shipped in several parcels with full insurance by priority airmail.

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Art deco lamps made in France were equiped with B22 bayonet sockets. For most countries like Europe or the US such sockets are practicaly impossible to use. For instance in the States 110 volt bulbs with B22 fitters are obscure, very hard to find and only one model bulb in very limited wattages is available. In spite of what sellers of unrestored pieces of poor quality claim in their ads when they offer  lamps with bayonet caps sockets : except for the UK and Australia  French chandeliers and lamps need to be rewired for your country. In order to fit Edison large or small screw base bulbs as used in the USA, B22 sockets have to be replaced by American candelabra base or standard/medium size Edison screw-in sockets.  E14 and E27 are modern replacements for European countries.   An additional complication is that the size thread used in early French lighting to connect the sockets to the chandelier mountings or lamp bases is not compatible with the modern size threads used in the USA and Europe. New American or European sockets do not just screw on to the old lamp fixtures.  In order to make it possible to use an original old French chandelier or lamp with modern screw bulb bases, a specialized restorer will have to re-tap the threads.  All my cleaned and restored chandeliers, sconces and lamps come rewired with the correct sockets you will need to use modern bulbs in your country.

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