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A GERMAN GILT METAL-MOUNTED PARCEL-GILT AND BLUE-PAINTED COMPOSITION EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

CIRCA 1820-1830, AFTER A DESIGN BY KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL

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A GERMAN GILT METAL-MOUNTED PARCEL-GILT AND BLUE-PAINTED COMPOSITION EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1820-1830, AFTER A DESIGN BY KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL
The circular bowl suspended by chains from a corona modelled with a pierced foliate rim, decorated with anthemion and palmette motifs and issuing scrolling foliate branches with circular drip-pans and flared nozzles, terminating in a pine cone boss with gadrooned collar, the bowl with restored breaks, partially redecorated
36 in. (92 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) diameter

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The restrained neoclassical form of the chandelier is characteristic for the work of the celebrated Berlin architect and designer Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841). A closely related chandelier of almost identical shape and proportions is in the Gartensaal of the Schinkel-Pavillion at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin (see H.-J. Giersberg, et. al., Preussische Königsschlösser in Berlin und Potsdam, Leipzig, 1992, p. 246.); while a pair of candelabra from the Palais of Emperor Wilhelm I as well as a cut-glass decorated chandelier in giltwood and metal share the characteristic lily-shaped nozzles with small gadrooned drip-pans beneath (illustrated in H. Börsch-Supan, et al., Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Berlin, 1981, p. 315, cat. 273-274).

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