A GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN BLACKAMOOR POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOOD, TÔLE AND HORN SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN BLACKAMOOR POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOOD, TÔLE AND HORN SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
Mid-19th Century
The pierced wrought iron crown-form corona suspending a turbaned blackamoor bust by chains, deer antlers behind issuing six sockets and a coat-of-arms with crossed hammer, pliers and serpent within a scrolling strapwork surround below, electrified
30½in. (77.5cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) long

Lot Essay

The overall form of this chandelier is probably inspired by the celebrated drawing by Alrecht Dürer, executed in 1513 and now in the Kunthistoriches Museum, Vienna. Known as 'kaiserluchter' or Emperor's chandeliers, a related prototype of circa 1516-1519 attributed to the workshop of Jörg Lederer of 119 is illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1968, figs. 348-9.

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