CIRCA 1820-40, THE BOBECHES AND DRIP-PANS LOUIS XVI, AND WITH LATER EMBELLISHMENTS AND ALTERATIONS

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL TEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1820-40, THE BOBECHES AND DRIP-PANS LOUIS XVI, AND WITH LATER EMBELLISHMENTS AND ALTERATIONS
The corona with foliate fronds above a faceted stem with ormolu and cut-glass chain suspensions, the scrolled branches terminating in rosettes, restorations and replacements to glass and rock crystal elements
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 33 ½ in. (85 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Baron Boël, Brussels.
Acquired from Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, 1958.

Literature

F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. II, Greenwich, 1966, p. 354, no. 181.
P. Kjellberg, Connaissance des Arts, July 1963, p. 66, fig. 7.

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Lot Essay

Chandeliers in gilt-bronze, hung with precious rock crystal and cut-glass, were prized objects in the 18th and first half 19th century and were reserved only for the most elite of patrons. A related Louis XVI example featuring spiral-twisted arms issuing from a pierced central rim from the Collection of Michael Simon sold Christie’s, New York, 7 June 2011, lot 234, and a celebrated example circa 1785 and also featuring partly spiral-twisted arms, delivered by Dominique Daguerre to the Marquis de Laborde and probably executed by François Rémond, sold from the collection of Hubert de Givenchy, Christies, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 40.
THE PROVENANCE
Baron Boël possibly refers to René Boël (1899-1990), a Belgian industrialist and steel magnate who also founded the Museum of Modern Art in Brussels.

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