A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIERS

IN THE MANNER OF ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIERS
In the manner of André-Charles Boulle, Mid-19th century
The canted and molded triangular stem set of three sides with a beaded scrolled acanthus sheathed female mask with vine wreath and lambrequin head dress on a molded circular foot and molded panelled flaring hexagonal base set on three sides with an acanthus clasp, above a molded inswept hexagonal shelf with seed pod pendants, issuing six acanthus-sheathed S-scroll arms each terminating in a molded drip-pan with Berainesque interlacing to the underside and an urn-form bobèche with Vetruvian scroll to belly and acanthus-sheathed quarter circle-molded lip, above a molded element with Berainesque interlacing to the underside, a reeded knop and an acanthus-sheathed knop, numbered overall
22in. (56cm) high, 27in. (68.5cm) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

This pair of chandeliers includes many design characteristics based on Boulle's work. The female masks and acanthus-sheathed knop are found on a similar chandelier attributed to Boulle with oval portrait busts which was sold Christie's New York, 21 May, 1996, lot 316 ($410,000). Its design was directly inspired by an engraving published by the ornemaniste Daniel Marot in 1710 in his Nouveau Livre d'Orfeverie (reproduced in H. Ottomeyer and P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, 1986, fig. 16.1).
A chandelier of near identical design was sold in these rooms, 23 October 1998, lot 102. ($134,500)

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