Lot 25
25
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (Lots 25- 26)
AN ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED CHANDELIER, of Louis XVI style, with a ribbon-tied corona above foliate stem issuing six fluted and spirally-turned branches decorated with foliage held by six female masks terminating in beaded and conforming nozzles, headed by goats' heads with six chain pendants

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AN ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED CHANDELIER, of Louis XVI style, with a ribbon-tied corona above foliate stem issuing six fluted and spirally-turned branches decorated with foliage held by six female masks terminating in beaded and conforming nozzles, headed by goats' heads with six chain pendants
93in. (109cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.)

Lot Essay

This chandelier relates to a design by Louis Prieurs, now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. A variant was produced by Gouthiére, see H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel Vergoldte Bronzen, Vo. 1, München 1986, p. 241.

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