POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THIRTY-LIGHT CHANDELIER
POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
The central stem set with masks and issuing dragons supporting scrolling candlebranches, fitted for electricity.
51 ½ in. (131 cm.) high; 45 ½ in. (115.5 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The distinctive ornamentation of this chandelier, especially the ‘Chinese’ dragons and profusion of intertwined branches, relate to Russian production of the 1840s. Compare a chandelier by Schreiber at the Demidov House, St. Petersburg and pairs of Imari-style porcelain floor lamps mounted with 'dragon' handles and branches at the Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg and in the Great Drawing Room at the Kremlin Palace, Moscow.

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