Lot Essay
L.-H. Prost, Collection de Madame et du Colonel Balsan, privately printed, Paris, circa 1930, vol. II, pp. CVIII, CXXI, CVII, CXXV, CXXVI (illustrated in situ in the Petit Salon of the hôtel Marlborough).
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A SET OF SIX LATE LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH FIGURAL WALL LIGHTS
19TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF SIX LATE LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH FIGURAL WALL LIGHTS
19TH CENTURY
The reverse with a threaded screw hole possibly indicating a further element to the reverse now lacking, extremely minor variations to the chasing, drilled for electricity, regilt
12 ¾ in. (32.2 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
The reverse with a threaded screw hole possibly indicating a further element to the reverse now lacking, extremely minor variations to the chasing, drilled for electricity, regilt
12 ¾ in. (32.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Possibly the collection of Ernst, Graf zu Rantzau, Graupe Berlin, 15 May 1931, lot 231 (four examples).
Recorded in the collection of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Hôtel de Marlborough, 9 Avenue Charles-Floquet, Paris, circa 1930.
Thence by descent to Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2001, lots 237 and 238.
Recorded in the collection of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Hôtel de Marlborough, 9 Avenue Charles-Floquet, Paris, circa 1930.
Thence by descent to Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2001, lots 237 and 238.