Lot 16
16
A PAIR OF GEORGE II TWENTY-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIERS, each with trefoil clasp above a turned stem with gadrooned collar above two tiers of ten scrolling branches each with dished drip-pan and turned nozzle, the turned gadrooned base terminating with a carrying-handle, drilled for electricity, engraved with Roman numerals

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II TWENTY-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIERS, each with trefoil clasp above a turned stem with gadrooned collar above two tiers of ten scrolling branches each with dished drip-pan and turned nozzle, the turned gadrooned base terminating with a carrying-handle, drilled for electricity, engraved with Roman numerals
40in.(102cm.)diam.; 42in.(107cm.)high (2)
Provenance
By repute a member of the Rothschild family in a house in Piccadilly

Lot Essay

The Rothschild palaces in Piccadilly ran from no. 107 in the west, occupied by Baron Meyer, younger son of Nathan Rothschild, through to no. 143, Baron Ferdinand's lavish Louis Seize-style hôtel, and no. 142, his sister's, to the palatial no. 148 Piccadilly. Built in 1861-2 by Nelson and Innes for Lionel de Rothschild, no.148 was an eclectic blend of French, Italian and Baronial style that is perhaps closest in character to the present lot

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