An alloy of copper and tin, bronze has been used for thousands of years. In the making process bronze expands, running into every nook & cranny of the mould. It then solidifies and shrinks, enabling trouble-free release from the mould and giving good definition to the finished article. Electrotyping enabled pieces to be manufactured in quantity and made them accessable to a wider audience. Room does not permit to go into great detail about the electrotyping process or give a full list of the best sculptors, but mention should be made of the cold painted bronzes by Austrian Franz Bergmann and of Frenchman Pierre Jules Mêne, whose Later saw, amongst others, Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet and Demetre Chiparus, a Romanian who worked in Paris. The Art Deco period saw a surge of sculptures depicting scantily clad ladies with elongated limbs come onto the market. These are now much sought after and command high prices. In stock we have a good range of bronze pieces, including the items illustrated: a large floor standing stag, a well cast late 19th/early 20th century lion on an oak base and two nicely moulded replicas of Egyptian influenced girls by Chiparus. Affleck Bridge Antiques Tel: 01933 681048 |
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