AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1820
The scallop-shaped clasped branches headed with female masks, the foliate gilt-composition stem above a circular dish with acorn terminal and gilt-rope suspension chains to the conforming corona, converted to colza oil and subsequently to gas and then electricity in 19th century
62½ in. (159 cm.) high
AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1820
The scallop-shaped clasped branches headed with female masks, the foliate gilt-composition stem above a circular dish with acorn terminal and gilt-rope suspension chains to the conforming corona, converted to colza oil and subsequently to gas and then electricity in 19th century
62½ in. (159 cm.) high