VENICE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND MOULDED GLASS TWENTY-LIGHT CHANDELIER
VENICE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The bell shaped open cage centered by a circular tazza terminating in a stepped boss and issuing alternating S-shaped branches with drip-pan and nozzle, and scrolled branches each issuing three lights, upswept scrolls and flowers, with a central finial shaft, the upper section with baluster-shaped upper finial with a dish issuing scrolls and flowers, conceived for electricity, minor losses and replacements
90½ in (230 cm.) high; 57 in. (145 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Marchese Marino Pulci Doria of Naples,
Principe di Strongoli Vincenzo Ferrara Pignatelli of Naples.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This impressive Venetian chandelier shown here in situ in Palazzo Strongoli, Naples, is closely related to a pair of chandeliers in the Galleria degli Specchi of the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, Palermo, as illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Milan, 2003, p. 35.

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