Lot 117
117
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS FOUR-BRANCH CHANDELIER
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS FOUR-BRANCH CHANDELIER

ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUES, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RE-USING THE LOUIS XIV ORMOLU BRANCHES FROM A CANDELABRA ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE OF CIRCA 1710

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS FOUR-BRANCH CHANDELIER
ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUES, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RE-USING THE LOUIS XIV ORMOLU BRANCHES FROM A CANDELABRA ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE OF CIRCA 1710
The scroll branches with rams-head terminals, the knopped and waisted stem with outset pendants
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Almost certainly acquired from A. Cook, October/December 1946.
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Lot Essay

The distinctive ram's-headed ormolu branches and baluster stems are almost certainly re-used from a Louis XIV candelabra by André-Charles Boulle. Probably designed by Jean Bérain, this model of girandoles à sphinx et têtes de béliers is firmly attributed to Boulle by J.-N. Ronfort in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol.II, pp.459-520. A pair of this model was sold anonymously at Christie's Monaco, 19 June 1999, lot 47.

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