SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN HALL LANTERN
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of pentagonal form and with glazed panels within trailing blossoming garlands surmounted by fruiting finials and enclosing a foliate-cast sinuous three-light candelabra, fitted for electricity
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) diameter
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of pentagonal form and with glazed panels within trailing blossoming garlands surmounted by fruiting finials and enclosing a foliate-cast sinuous three-light candelabra, fitted for electricity
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957).
Confiscated from the above by the Nazi authorities following their occupation of Paris after May 1940 (List No. 52, inv. No. 2521).
Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926-1997), according to the AR Invest invoice when purchased in 1986, possibly from the Château d’Armainvilliers, which had been sold in 1980.
Acquired from AR Invest, London, January, 1986.
Confiscated from the above by the Nazi authorities following their occupation of Paris after May 1940 (List No. 52, inv. No. 2521).
Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926-1997), according to the AR Invest invoice when purchased in 1986, possibly from the Château d’Armainvilliers, which had been sold in 1980.
Acquired from AR Invest, London, January, 1986.
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