A FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
19TH CENTURY, ADAPTED
The twelve gryphon-scroll arms with pendant icicle hung drip-pans emanating from an anthemion-mounted flowerhead-decorated circular frame, with a faceted beaded bag and pineapple boss below and rising chains of beads to the acanthus scroll corona, drilled and partially wired for electricity, reusing elements from a much larger Empire chandelier with Charles X circular frame
51 ½ in. (131 cm.) drop; 31 in. (79 cm.) diameter, approx.
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
19TH CENTURY, ADAPTED
The twelve gryphon-scroll arms with pendant icicle hung drip-pans emanating from an anthemion-mounted flowerhead-decorated circular frame, with a faceted beaded bag and pineapple boss below and rising chains of beads to the acanthus scroll corona, drilled and partially wired for electricity, reusing elements from a much larger Empire chandelier with Charles X circular frame
51 ½ in. (131 cm.) drop; 31 in. (79 cm.) diameter, approx.