A Napoleon III ormolu thirty-light chandelier
A Napoleon III ormolu thirty-light chandelier

CIRCA 1870

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A Napoleon III ormolu thirty-light chandelier
Circa 1870
The acanthus-sheathed corona above an upright cast with three cymbal-clashing male herms with laurel-festooned acanthus-cast terminals, above three tiers of acanthus-sheathed spirally-fluted scrolled branches, each with urn-shaped nozzle and foliate drip-pan, with tapering fluted oak-hung terminal and spiralled knop
64½in. (163.8cm.) high; 37in. (94cm.) diameter

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