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    European Furniture, Sculpture, Works Of Art, Tapestries And Carpets

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    22 April 2008

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    • A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWO
    Lot 85

    A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD, CLEAR AND AMETHYST GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIERS

    GENOA, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

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    USD 11,250

    Estimate

    USD 10,000 - USD 20,000

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    A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD, CLEAR AND AMETHYST GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIERS
    GENOA, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
    Each with a knopped baluster standard carved with leaves and gadrooning and issuing tiers of scrolling metal arms hung and affixed with rope, rosette and teardrop prisms above six scrolling candlearms with glass drip pans and pendant prisms and joined by concentric tiers of rope and drop prisms and surmounted with a glass finial, electrified
    32 in. (81 cm.) high, 32 in. (81 cm.) diameter (2)

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