A two-light candelabra created in 1889 by the Christofle goldsmiths, in the Louis XV Rocaille style which gives the model its name. The model was exhibited at the Universal Exhibition held the same year in Paris, which produced the famous Tour de Monsieur Eiffel.


Christofle buys the patents for silver plating and gilding by electrolysis which gave birth to silver metal in France. He becomes a goldsmith.
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