Madeleine Boulesteix - chandeliers for commission

Examples of Madeleine's work, please contact us for current prices and availability. Commissions undertaken, may take up to 12 weeks. Prices start from approximately £350 plus delivery for a duet chandeliers up to £950 for a large 8 cup teacup chandelier not featured below but possible to commission.

Images of work featured
Electric quartet cup chandelier, single central bulb, golf ball size - max 60 watts.
Use of candles is NOT recommended simultaneously as they create too much heat. 32/36cm wide x 60/70cm long.

6 cup chandelier, single central bulb gulf ball size. max 60 watts. Use of candles is NOT recommended simultaneously as they create too much heat. 32/36cm wide x 60/70cm long.

Opal raspberry chandelier for candles - 4 cups for candles only - in glass pots supplied.
32/36cm wide x 60/70cm long.

Green Quartet chandelier for candles - 4 cups for candles in glass pots supplied.
32/36cm wide x 60/70cm long.

Chinoiserie Duet chandelier for candles You cannot commission these, but please contact us to see if we have available in this size - 3 candles only, 32cm wide x 50cm long.

Not featured but available - 8 cup chandelier, 4 bulbs (clear candle twist 25 watts), nightlight candles can go in the teacups too in special glass pots (supplied). 60cm wide x 70cm long. Shorter ones can be made for low ceilings - min 55cm.

About Madeleine Boulesteix

Madeleine started making chandeliers after finding about 40 faceted glass drops in a pile of rubbish. Initially she resisted the temptation to make a chandelier because that would be too obvious, however, she later succumbed and has been making them ever since.

When she started to gather other things to make a structure with, she discovered that everything she needed was right there just waiting to be assembled; glass teacups, trifle moulds, tea strainers etc all for the taking. She'd never used a pastry cutter for pastry or a toast rack for toast but they seemed to have more potential, so she liberated them from their domestic duties by incorporating them in her chandeliers.

Madeleine prefers to work with things she's found and let their qualities dictate what happens. Each piece is unique and begins with a really simple set of ideas, a shape, a colour combination and the objects she wants to use.

The Jelly bowl lanterns are a recent development to complement the Teacup chandeliers. She wanted to make a pendant light that would house a low energy bulb.

Madeleine has exhibited in Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and Japan as well as the UK.

The British Council have a large piece in their collection, which toured in Australia, India and Egypt and is now installed in their residences in Cairo.

Due to the bespoke nature of Madeleine's chandeliers they are priced individually. Madeleine will undertake commissions larger than regular domestic sizes, for bars and shops, past clients have included Bar Room Bar for 10 venues, Laura Ashley, Harrods and Triskel Arts in Cork for European City of Culture 2005.