AFTER THE MODEL BY JACQUES CAFFIÉRI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A Louis XV style ormolu twelve-light chandelier
After the model by Jacques Caffiéri, Early 20th Century
The scrolling acanthus-cast frame mounted with putti and birds, issuing three sets of triple-foliate scrolling arms, each terminating in foliate-cast nozzles, bearing the inscription VIAN, electrified
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high
Lot Essay
See Peter Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, Vol. III, London, 1996, p. 1311, cat. no. 265 (F83) for a similar chandelier by Caffiéri, engraved Caffieri/A Paris/1751.
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