A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND ROCK-CRYSTAL TWENTY-FOUR-LIGHT CHANDELIER

LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE CENTRAL ROCK-CRYSTAL AND METAL SHAFT LARGELY REPLACED AND WITH SOME CONSEQUENTIAL ALTERATIONS

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND ROCK-CRYSTAL TWENTY-FOUR-LIGHT CHANDELIER
Late 18th century, the central rock-crystal and metal shaft largely replaced and with some consequential alterations
The corona with bull-rush leaves with pendants above a vase and a baluster stem suspending a reeded rim issuing six groups of three scrolling branches terminating in foliate drip-pans and nozzles, suspending swags of droplets and divided by a single conforming branch backed by foliage, drilled for electricity, the inner circle of candle-arms previously probably with drip-pans, minor losses and replacements to drops and metal fittings
52 in. (132 cm.) high, 39 in. (100 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

This magnificent chandelier is closely related to one that hung in the State Bedroom at Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg, with the exception that that example has a red glass core (K.A. Soloviev, Russian Light Fixtures, Moscow, 1950, fig. 72). The largely replaced central shaft of the Seabra chandelier may indicate that it also at one point featured red glass.

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