Lot Essay
The original 18th century chandelier, now in the Bibliothèque Mazarin, that this model is copied from, is illustrated in Hans Ottomeyer & Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. 1, p. 54.
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AN ORMOLU EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER, after a design attributed to André-Charles Boulle, with a vase shaped central column surmounted by a sunburst corona, with caryatids herm figures below, the baluster lower part with ram's heads and husk festoons, the acanthus cast branches of square section, with turned nozzles and circular drip-pans, 20th century
28in. (71cm.) diam; 27½in. (70cm.) high
28in. (71cm.) diam; 27½in. (70cm.) high