拍品專文
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).