Lot Essay
Anonymous sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 22 April 1998, lot 713
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU LAMPE BOUILLOTTE
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of Regence-style and monumental proportions, with pierced foliate finial and domed black and gilt tôle adjustable shade, the canted square nozzle above a tapering square shaft etched with Bérainesque scrolls and foliage, on a spreading domed square canted plinth, drilled for electricity
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of Regence-style and monumental proportions, with pierced foliate finial and domed black and gilt tôle adjustable shade, the canted square nozzle above a tapering square shaft etched with Bérainesque scrolls and foliage, on a spreading domed square canted plinth, drilled for electricity
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high
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