A LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU SIXTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER

Details

A LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU SIXTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
With circular foliate-cast corona above a vase-form shaft headed by female terms over a tier of scrolled foliate-cast candlearms above a second tier of scrolled candlearms alternating with female masks, over a tapering berried finial, electrified
50in. (172cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 24-25 September 1997, lot 168

Lot Essay

Related commodes from the Lombardy and Veneto regions are illustrated in S. Columbo, L'Arte del Legno e del Mobile in Italia, 1981, figs. 473 and 475 and M. Agrellini et al., Mobili Italiani del Settecento, Milan, 1990, pp. 53 and 65, and sold in these Rooms, 24-25 September 1997, lot 237.