A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The pierced acanthus corona above a multi-knopped shaft issuing scrolling branches cast with grotesque masks supporting strap-work cast candle nozzles and pierced drip-pans, with berried foliate terminal, later wired for electricity
36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) high; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) wide
A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The pierced acanthus corona above a multi-knopped shaft issuing scrolling branches cast with grotesque masks supporting strap-work cast candle nozzles and pierced drip-pans, with berried foliate terminal, later wired for electricity
36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) high; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) wide