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A CHANDELIER, CIRCA 1925

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SIMONET
A CHANDELIER, CIRCA 1925
with six silvered-bronze arms in the form of cornucopias, the arms hung with oblong glass beads
33½ in. (85 cm.) drop
Provenance
Impulsion B, Paris.

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Lot Essay

This chandelier model was awarded first prize for the illumination of a living room in a wealthy home at the 1924 Paris Grand Competition of Light.
cf. A. Duncan, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Lighting, New York, p. 1978, p. 59, ill. 130;
M. Dufrêne, Exposition Internationale de 1925, Ensembles Mobiliers, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1989, p. 70, pl. 21 for a floor lamp model of the same design illustrated in the bathroom designed by Jacob Delafon.

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