Art Deco chandelier signed P D'Avesn, Discovery condition, original electrical system, bowl in perfect condition, The bowl measures 40.5cm in diameter, the chandelier once hung from a ceiling measures 56cm high. Pierre d'Avesn was born in 1901. At the beginning, at the age of 14, he worked for René Lalique for 10 years. During this period, he designed Lalique's famous "Serpent" vase as well as the "Tourbillons" vase, two of Lalique's most expensive and collected pieces. In 1926, he left René Lalique and created his own models. His pieces were made by the Cristallerie de Saint-Rémy. In 1930, Daum Frères asked him to take over the artistic direction of their molded glass department in their Croismare glassworks, which he did until the famous strikes of 1936. In 1937, he took over the management of Verlys until the First World War in 1940. From 1940, he worked on his own. His pieces were made by the Cristallerie de Choisy-le-Roi (Sèvres), surely the most important French glassmaker for molded glass art pieces with René Lalique and Sabino.