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Lot 72

A SET OF THREE GLASS AND GILT-METAL EIGHT-LIGHT HANGING-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1945, SUPPLIED BY STEPHANE BOUDIN OF MAISON JANSEN

Closed29 October 2009

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A SET OF THREE GLASS AND GILT-METAL EIGHT-LIGHT HANGING-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1945, SUPPLIED BY STEPHANE BOUDIN OF MAISON JANSEN
Hung with droplets around four gilt-metal goblets enclosing light fittings, with four gilt-metal candle-sockets, losses and replacements, fitted for electricity
45 in. (114 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) diam. (3)

Specialist note

These chandeliers were supplied by Stéphane Boudin of Maison Jansen and were probably designed in conjunction with José-Maria Sert for the Entrance Hall and Staircase at Palau March, Palma, irca 1945. A larger chandelier en suite still hangs from Sert's ceiling.