A CHARLES X ORMOLU AND FROSTED GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER

The collection of Howard and Elizabeth Keck was one of the largest and finest collections of 18th-century French furniture and decorative arts created in the second half of the 20th century. With a particular interest in work by royal cabinetmakers and lacquerwork, the collection formed the interiors of La Lanterne, the Keck’s sumptuous Bel Air, California home, which was based on the hunting lodge in the grounds of Versailles, le Pavillon de la Lanterne, created for the Prince de Noailles. The collection was dispersed at auction in New York 1991.