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    Sale 5686

    Decorative Arts

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    31 October 1996

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    Lot 60

    A large brass and glass chandelier

    DESIGNED BY KOLOMAN MOSER OR JUTTA SIKA, THE GLASS SHADES BY LOETZ, CIRCA 1903

    Price realised

    GBP 17,250

    Estimate

    GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000

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    A large brass and glass chandelier
    Designed by Koloman Moser or Jutta Sika, the glass shades by Loetz, circa 1903
    Six spherical glass shades richly decorated with regular trails of deep blue/gold lustre against a swirled pink/gold iridescent ground, screw-fitted into flat circular brass mounts with slender protruding arms, suspended from large flat circular brass ceiling mount on cords threaded with milky white glass spheres
    43½in. (110.5cm.) approximate drop

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    Lot Essay

    Jutta Sika was a pupil of Koloman Moser at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1897 to 1902.

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