Lot Essay
A chandelier of this same model by Baccarat was sold Christie's London, 14 May 1998, lot 228 (£36,700).
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BY BACCARAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1890
Details
A Louis XVI style ormolu and crystal twenty-eight-light chandelier
By Baccarat, Paris, Circa 1890
The plumed and pierced guilloche-decorated corona above beaded chains and rope twists supporting two further guilloche bands, the lower mounted with four putti supporting scrolled acanthus-sheathed candlearms, cut-glass drip-pans and nozzles, hung overall with drops and faceted pendants, terminating in a faceted sphere, the ormolu with Baccarat roundel stamp, the drip-pans stamped BACCARAT
42in. (106.8cm.) high
By Baccarat, Paris, Circa 1890
The plumed and pierced guilloche-decorated corona above beaded chains and rope twists supporting two further guilloche bands, the lower mounted with four putti supporting scrolled acanthus-sheathed candlearms, cut-glass drip-pans and nozzles, hung overall with drops and faceted pendants, terminating in a faceted sphere, the ormolu with Baccarat roundel stamp, the drip-pans stamped BACCARAT
42in. (106.8cm.) high