Live Auction 1585European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A GERMAN CUT-GLASS AND GILT-BRONZE TWENTY-FOUR LIGHT CHANDELIER
Lot 160 PROPERTY FROM GUT ELLENBACH IN SANDERSHAUSEN

A GERMAN CUT-GLASS AND GILT-BRONZE TWENTY-FOUR LIGHT CHANDELIER

IN THE MANNER OF KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed16 April 2014

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GBP 10,625

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A GERMAN CUT-GLASS AND GILT-BRONZE TWENTY-FOUR LIGHT CHANDELIER
IN THE MANNER OF KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The quiver-shaped shaft issuing two tiers of scrolling foliate branches, hung with faceted drops, above the scrolling branches with fluted nozzles and glass drip-pans
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) diameter

By repute previously in the conference hall of the headquarters of the Berlin bureau of Credit commissioned by Wilhelm Carl Franz Schimmelpfeng (1841-1913) in circa 1900.
By descent to Hans A. Schimmelpfeng.

Specialist note

This chandelier is virtually identical to a chandelier given as a present by Tsar Nicholas II to Kaiser Wilhelm II.