Lot 394
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AN ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER, the bifurcating branches surmounted by goat head masks, modelled with birds with outstretched wings supporting riband floral swags, the central arrow and quiver column with female masks, modelled with lambrequin chain rod suspension, and fruiting terminal and bow corona (fitted for electricity)

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AN ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER, the bifurcating branches surmounted by goat head masks, modelled with birds with outstretched wings supporting riband floral swags, the central arrow and quiver column with female masks, modelled with lambrequin chain rod suspension, and fruiting terminal and bow corona (fitted for electricity)
22in. (56cm.) wide; 40½in. (103cm.) high
Provenance

Lot Essay

This chandelier relates to a design by Louis Prieurs, now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. A variant was produced by Gouthière, see H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. 1, München 1986, p. 241.

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