OF LOUIS XVI STYLE
Details
AN ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT HALL LANTERN
Of Louis XVI style
Of cylindrical form with bell-hung quadrapartite scroll supports and suspension covered with yellow-silk bows, the sides of the lantern with ribbon-tied swagged beads, the scrolled branches each with turned drip-pan and nozzle, the bottom of the lantern with a pierced baluster border and berried finials
11½ in. (29 cm.) diam.; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) high, excluding silk covered chain
Of Louis XVI style
Of cylindrical form with bell-hung quadrapartite scroll supports and suspension covered with yellow-silk bows, the sides of the lantern with ribbon-tied swagged beads, the scrolled branches each with turned drip-pan and nozzle, the bottom of the lantern with a pierced baluster border and berried finials
11½ in. (29 cm.) diam.; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) high, excluding silk covered chain
Literature
D. Hall, 'Diane the Huntress', The World of Interiors, October, 1992, p. 166.