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A similar chandelier is in the Wallace Collection
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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
IN THE MANNER OF JACQUES CAFFIERI
With a central leaf-tip cast scrolling frame centering a leaf-tip cast standard and supporting three putti and three cherubs issuing three sets of faux foliate cast scrolling arms ending in a flowerhead cast pierced finial
59½in. (151.1cm.) high, 45in. (114.3cm.) diameter
IN THE MANNER OF JACQUES CAFFIERI
With a central leaf-tip cast scrolling frame centering a leaf-tip cast standard and supporting three putti and three cherubs issuing three sets of faux foliate cast scrolling arms ending in a flowerhead cast pierced finial
59½in. (151.1cm.) high, 45in. (114.3cm.) diameter