AN EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER | Christie's

Sale 8512

Important French Furniture, Ceramics, Tapestries & Carpets

New York, Park Avenue

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30 - 31 October 1996

Browse Sale

Lot 284

AN EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

Price realised

USD 9,200

Estimate

USD 6,000 - USD 9,000

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AN EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
The acanthus and egg-and-dart-cast corona suspending pierced flowerhead links issuing leaf-cast scroll candlearms alternating with lions' masks
26½in. (67cm.) diameter
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