A Pair of 'Miracle' Wall Lights (c. 1975 Germany)

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11.80inch wide    11.80inch high    6.70inch deep (29.97 cm wide  29.97 cm high  17.02 cm deep)

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A pair of most unusual 1970's semi circle wall lights known as the 'miracle' wall lights, made by Bakalowits, a Viennese crystal chandelier manufacturer that is still in existence today. The wall lights are constructed as five tiers of roughly hewn glass rods with a light source at the centre and light emanating from the faceted terminals of the rods. The internal structure is of chrome and patinated iron.

Elais Bakalowits founded the Bakalowits Company in 1845 in Vienna, Austria. When his son, Ludwig joined the company, E.Bakalowits & Sons grew substantially and became one of the foremost crystal chandelier manufacturers of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

In 1892, Ludwig Bakalowits received the order to manufacture the chandelier for the “Neue Hofburg Palace in Vienna for the Emperor Franz Joseph and was appointed Imperial and Royal Purveyors to the Court.

In 1885, the company exported its products for the first time to America and Asia and in the year 1900, Bakalowits & Sons displayed their chandeliers at the world exhibition in Paris, with further exhibitions in St. Petersburg, London, Geneva and Turin. Although the company took a downturn during the Second World War, Bakolowits was entrusted with many of Vienna’s most important buildings post-war and in 1960, extended its business to the Far East, thus reaching all continents.