A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TOLE AND CUT-GLASS TEN-LIGHT CHANDELIERS

PIEDMONTE, POSSIBLY LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TOLE AND CUT-GLASS TEN-LIGHT CHANDELIERS
Piedmonte, possibly late 18th Century
The leaf-carved central baluster issuing a cage of scrolling candle arms and branches mounted with acanthus leaf and hung with chains and leaf-shaped glass pendants, restorations and replacements
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

This imposing pair of chandeliers is typical of the Piedmontese production of the second half of the 18th Century. The central wooden baluster shaft as well as the nozzles and drip-pans can be found on models illustrated in E. Quaglino, Il Piemonte, Milano, 1966, pp.143-145. The chandeliers offered here are particularly close to the production of Saluzzo.

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