LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND CRYSTAL NINE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The central amphora-shaped vase with three female masks each issuing three scroll branches terminating with nozzles and drip-pans, hung with swags of faceted drops, above a berried foliate boss, the vase surmounted by a long shaft and topped by a circular dish issuing star motifs and hung with further strings of drops, the shaft lengthened and the chains subsequently adapted
43¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm. ) diam.

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Lot Essay

With its elegant amphora-shaped stem, this chandelier relates to a drawing attributed to the celebrated bronzier Antoine-André Ravrio (d. 1814, maître foundeur in 1777), in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, which is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, and P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 358.
Ravrio was among the most celebrated of the fournisseurs officiels to Emperor Napoléon. He became particularly renowned for his outstanding contrast between ormolu and patinated bronze as on this chandelier.

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