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Cut glass candelabra
An important pair of cut glass candelabra having four lights, with circular bases, the center spires with candle holders, three candle arms and three snake arms hung with pendants of varying character.
Formerly in the collection of the Duke of Newcastle. For similar cut glass chandelier, see The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the 17th and 18th Centuries, by Francis Lenygon, 1909, p. 185. Replacements to glass. H: 29" W: 28 1/2" |
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Chinoiserie candelabra
A whimsical pair of chinoiserie candelabra. Each piece is cast with a Chinese figure holding aloft a single ormolu candle arm ornamented with floral and foliate detail. The whole is raised on a rounded white marble base hung with chains and mounted on a square plinth.
The Western use of Chinese decorative elements was a relative constant throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Evocations of the exotic and fanciful Oriental inspired motifs wre thought to have been an effective counterbalance to the often staid French neoclassical interiors.
H: 14 1/2" W: 4" D: 4" |
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