A Louis XV style ormolu nine-light chandelier

AFTER THE MODEL BY JACQUES CAFFIÈRI, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A Louis XV style ormolu nine-light chandelier
After the model by Jacques Caffièri, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The scrolling acanthus-cast frame mounted with putti and birds, issuing three sets of triple foliate scrolling arms, each terminating in foliate-cast nozzles, bearing the inscription VIAN
41½ in. (105.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Peter Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, Vol. III, London, 1996, p. 1311, cat. no. 265 (F83) for a very similar but not identical chandelier by Caffieri, engraved Caffieri/A Paris/1751.

A larger copy of this model chandelier sold Christie's East, 28 April 1999, lot 378 ($81,700).

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