(A) The brilliant French lighting designer Georges Leleu designed (and signed) this silver-plated, opalescent glass-adorned tour de force. Of significant proportions (35 1/2 inches long, 30 1/2 in diameter), it will make your guests feel like they're dining in the 16th Arrondisement! Tres, tres chic! (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(B) This totally unique lighting fixture, I'd have to say (as I wax poetic), is one in a million!! The mottled glass most certainly is by Schneider, though the shades are unsigned (I've had numerous French dealers identify the shades as Schneider). The wildly geometric metal, solid brass with its original chrome plating (somewhat compromised), takes us to dizzying Art Deco/Moderne heights. Pass the smelling salts!! Dimensions: 31 long, about 30 across. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(C) Here's a Degue French Art Deco chandelier with a very unusual configuration. To minimize the presence of the metal and highlight the beauty of the glass, the center glass is grasped merely on its four corners! Ooooooooo....la la. tres chic! It's just been replated in satin nickel. It hangs about 25 inches long and is about 21 across. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(E) This has always been one of my personal Degue favorites, owing to my enjoyment of the "less is more" idiom. This chandelier profits from the spareness of the metalwork, whereas in other examples I've had with this glass the designs have been more floral and ornate. I've just refinished it in satin nickel. It hangs 33 1/2 inches long and is about 17 across. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(F) MISTER Degue, that would be, thank you! Thirty-two inches long as shown (can be shortened or lengthened) and about 24 across. The glass is about 1/2 inch thick, which is why we address it as MISTER! (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(G) A splendid, dazzling Muller Art Deco chandelier with four matching shades, also scalloped around the edges; a fine example of the more ornate end of the Deco spectrum -- it would be equally comfortable hanging in your Victorian flat as your Art Deco penthouse. The quality and beauty of the glass are paramount, meticulously detailed in classic Muller fashion. It hangs about 36 inches long by about 24 in diameter; replated in polished nickel. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(H) Ahem, but just think for an instant about the creativity that went into this fella! Hard to know where to focus first, eh? The splendid, complex canopy? The improbably decorated, whimsically designed bowl? Or those absolutely ONE OF A KIND rosettes (a rosette is what you see in the last picture). Well they won't be one of a kind for long, because I'm shamelessly about to reproduce them. You wouldn't pooh-pooh me if you had ANY idea how difficult it is to find great rosettes. And these are by sooooooo far the greatest I've ever seen in 30 years of traipsing around the globe in search of Beauty. The fixture hangs 28 inches long and is 14 across. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(I) Talk about the appetizer, entree, and dessert all rolled into one sumptuous gourmet feast! It's a (signed) Muller, of course, with perfect dimensions for a shorter ceiling height -- it hangs 21 inches long and is about 30 across, giving it "full presence." The peach glass has that warm, lusty glow, and the detail work is extraordinary; in fact, in my humble opinion this particular design marks Muller's highest artistic achievement in molded glass. The metal's just been replated in brushed nickel, with my famous "not born yesterday" patina added, icing on an already irresistable cake! (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(L) This cleanly minimalist French Modernist delight hangs 23 inches down and is about 28 across. It's freshly chrome-plated, and probably looks better than when it was brand new, back in the 20's or 30's (modern chrome plating eclipses the older method). The shades, with their spare, flying-saucer lines, seem perfectly suited to the esthethic of the metal. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(M) Truly a Modernist delight! There's a pale blue cast to this glass, making this chromed fixture (the finish is over solid brass, and in excellent original condition) among the rarest. It hangs about 25 inches long and is about 16 in diameter. The design on the glass is either acid-etched or sand-blasted. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(O) Another French Art Deco chandelier with its original nickel patina over solid bronze (it's very heavy) or brass, in very good condition. The length is 23 inches, the width about 26. Superb floral motifs in the metal are featured in the design of the glass. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)