• 500 Years Important Decorative auction at Christies

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    500 Years Important Decorative Arts Europe

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    7 July 2011

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    • A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN SILVER
    Lot 633

    A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN SILVERED, MOULDED, CUT-GLASS AND CRYSTAL SIXTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIERS

    19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 46,850

    Estimate

    GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000

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    A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN SILVERED, MOULDED, CUT-GLASS AND CRYSTAL SIXTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIERS
    19TH CENTURY
    Each hung overall with droplets, pendants and star-shaped elements, the baluster shaft issuing scrolled branches with drip-pans and nozzles, further hung with beads and pendants, with pear-shaped faceted boss, fitted for electricity, minor losses and replacements
    45½ in. (115.5 cm.) high; 42½ in. (108 cm.) diameter (2)

    Provenance

    By repute, Villa Cademartori in Blevio, Lake Como.

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    Lot Essay

    These somptuous chandeliers, reputedly from a set of three, originally hung in the ballroom of a luxurious villa in Blevio by lake Como.

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    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 628-629 AND 633)

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