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.


Having become famous, Maison Christofle was solicited by foreign sovereigns such as Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, the Tsar of Russia, Germany of the Kaiser, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
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