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ORDERED BY LORD DUVEEN THROUGH THE DÉCORATEUR L. ALAVOINE AND MADE BY BAGUES FRÊRES, PARIS FOR MRS. ANNA THOMSON DODGE, CIRCA 1932-34
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU, ROCK CRYSTAL AND CUT-GLASS CHANDELIERS
Ordered by Lord Duveen through the décorateur L. Alavoine and made by Bagues Frêres, Paris for Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge, circa 1932-34
The rectangular and circular link chain suspending a hanging ring and urn-shaped pendant issuing five berried acanthus branches, suspending on five chains fifteen scrolled acanthus branches, each with reeded drip-pan surmounted by a glass cup and beaded, fluted, and leaf-tip bob/geche, each of the upper five branches terminating with an eagle's- head, issuing from a central fluted ring, centered by a molded rock crystal and cut-glass stem and surmounted by berried laurel cups, electrified
55in. (139.5cm.) high, 39in. (99cm.) diameter (2)
Ordered by Lord Duveen through the décorateur L. Alavoine and made by Bagues Frêres, Paris for Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge, circa 1932-34
The rectangular and circular link chain suspending a hanging ring and urn-shaped pendant issuing five berried acanthus branches, suspending on five chains fifteen scrolled acanthus branches, each with reeded drip-pan surmounted by a glass cup and beaded, fluted, and leaf-tip bob/geche, each of the upper five branches terminating with an eagle's- head, issuing from a central fluted ring, centered by a molded rock crystal and cut-glass stem and surmounted by berried laurel cups, electrified
55in. (139.5cm.) high, 39in. (99cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
Ordered by Lord Duveen through the décorateur L. Alavoine and made by Bagues Frêres, Paris for Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge for Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, circa 1932-34.
Bequest of Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge in memory of her husband, Horace E. Dodge, 1971.
Bequest of Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge in memory of her husband, Horace E. Dodge, 1971.
Literature
T. Dell, et al., The Dodge Collection of 18th-Century French and English Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts, New York, 1996, p. 16, fig. 3, pp. 26-26.
Special notice
Tax exempt.