Lot Essay
Throughout much of the Sumers commission, as with the present examples, the mica has been whitewashed prior to its polychroming to create the impression of parchment
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AN IMPORTANT WROUGHT-IRON AND PAINTED MICA TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
BY THOMAS MOLESWORTH, CIRCA 1935-1937
A central carolla wrought with Indians in varied headdresses in pursuit of buffalo, suspended by four knopped chains from a central crown, the base with stepped tondo featuring polychromed mica panels, and hung with four wrought-iron spear heads--63in. (160cm.) high, 30in. (76.2cm.) diameter
BY THOMAS MOLESWORTH, CIRCA 1935-1937
A central carolla wrought with Indians in varied headdresses in pursuit of buffalo, suspended by four knopped chains from a central crown, the base with stepped tondo featuring polychromed mica panels, and hung with four wrought-iron spear heads--63in. (160cm.) high, 30in. (76.2cm.) diameter
Literature
Wally Reber & Paul Fees, Interior West: the Craft & Style of Thomas Molesworth, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, 1989, fig. vi; Elizabeth Clair Flood, Cowboy High Style, Gibbs-Smith, Salt Lake City, 1992, p.102 and the dust jacket, both with an illustration of the Great Room showing these chandeliers in situ