Lot Essay
There is a related drawing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (68.730.2), formerly in the collection of Eugene Rodriguez (Lugt 897).
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Design for a spherical ormolu chandelier
Details
French School, early 19th Century
Design for a spherical ormolu chandelier
inscribed 'No. 560' (upper left) and further inscribed '25' (upper right)
pen and black ink and watercolour, with touches of bodycolour
9 x 7 in. (22.8 x 17.8 cm.)
In a verre églomisé mount
Design for a spherical ormolu chandelier
inscribed 'No. 560' (upper left) and further inscribed '25' (upper right)
pen and black ink and watercolour, with touches of bodycolour
9 x 7 in. (22.8 x 17.8 cm.)
In a verre églomisé mount
Provenance
with Armin B. Allen.
Dr. Edgar de Noailles Mayhew (d.1991).
Dr. Edgar de Noailles Mayhew (d.1991).
Literature
C.Plante, Designs for Gilt Bronze Objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830, London, 2002, pp.142-143.
Exhibited
New York, Hobhouse Ltd., An Exhibition of Ornamental Drawings 1550 - 1900, October, 1987.
New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, The Edgar Mayhew Collection of 18th and 19th Century Decorative Drawings and Watercolours, 2002.
New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, The Edgar Mayhew Collection of 18th and 19th Century Decorative Drawings and Watercolours, 2002.
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