A FRENCH ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THIRTY-SIX LIGHT CHANDELIER
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
En suite with the preceding pair of chandeliers, the part-reeded upswept foliate shaft and central pierced corona with upsept leaf motif issuing twenty-four acanthus-wrapped S-shaped branches surmounted with turned nozzles and foliate cut-glass drip pans, hung with swags of faceted drops, surmounted by another tier consisting of addorsed griffins centered by fruited urns and flanked by pierced trophies with twelve conforming foliate nozzles and drip-pans, the upper section with a pierced corona mounted with lion heads flanked by scrolling foliage and palmette motifs, surmounted by outscrolled lotus leaves below upswept palmettes, issuing chains of faceted beads, the lower section terminating with a reeded foliate sphere boss below a cone embellished with stylised palmettes
88 in. (223 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) diam.
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THIRTY-SIX LIGHT CHANDELIER
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
En suite with the preceding pair of chandeliers, the part-reeded upswept foliate shaft and central pierced corona with upsept leaf motif issuing twenty-four acanthus-wrapped S-shaped branches surmounted with turned nozzles and foliate cut-glass drip pans, hung with swags of faceted drops, surmounted by another tier consisting of addorsed griffins centered by fruited urns and flanked by pierced trophies with twelve conforming foliate nozzles and drip-pans, the upper section with a pierced corona mounted with lion heads flanked by scrolling foliage and palmette motifs, surmounted by outscrolled lotus leaves below upswept palmettes, issuing chains of faceted beads, the lower section terminating with a reeded foliate sphere boss below a cone embellished with stylised palmettes
88 in. (223 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) diam.
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