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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
VIENNA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
VIENNA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With plumed corona suspending prisms and chain links above a central baluster issuing S-scroll and candle branches above a twist-reeded vessel issuing prisms, fitted for electricity
44 in. (112 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
With Perrin Antiques, December 1984. Acquired privately from Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Literature
E. Eerdmans, Henri Samuel: Master of the French Interior, New York, 2018, p. 208-9.
Special notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
A very similar Viennese chandelier with almost identical arms, ormolu galleries, plumes, and bulbous glass lower section, was sold Sotheby's, Zurich, 29-30 November 1999 lot 642 (100,000 CHF).
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