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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRASS NINE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
FRENCH, 1800-1820
The brass pierced scrolled floral finials above a circular brass punch-decorated crown issuing three pierced and decorated chains terminating in brass swan candleholders surmounted by electrified candles flanked by ebonized angels with extended arms holding candle holders surmounted by electrified candles all over an ebonized circular base with brass embellishments and a brass acorn drop--38in. high, 23½in. diam.
FRENCH, 1800-1820
The brass pierced scrolled floral finials above a circular brass punch-decorated crown issuing three pierced and decorated chains terminating in brass swan candleholders surmounted by electrified candles flanked by ebonized angels with extended arms holding candle holders surmounted by electrified candles all over an ebonized circular base with brass embellishments and a brass acorn drop--38in. high, 23½in. diam.
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, January 21, 1984, lot 154
George Subkoff Antiques, 1984
George Subkoff Antiques, 1984
Literature
House and Garden, May 1984, p. 190
Allison M. Eckardt, "Living with Antiques: A collection of American neoclassical furnishings on the East Coast," The Magazine Antiques (May, 1987): p. 860, pl.III.
Allison M. Eckardt, "Living with Antiques: A collection of American neoclassical furnishings on the East Coast," The Magazine Antiques (May, 1987): p. 860, pl.III.