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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, LAMP SHADES BY BLANCHE P. FIELD, SUPPLIED BY J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO

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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, LAMP SHADES BY BLANCHE P. FIELD, SUPPLIED BY J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO
Decorated with eagles and ram's heads with a central flaming urn, with silk shades, electrified
36 ½ in. (93 cm.) high, 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) diameter

Acquired from Segoura, Paris, 1998.

Specialist note

This impressive chandelier is inspired by the refined goût Grec designs of the dessinateur and bronzier Jean-Louis Prieur (1732-95). A closely related example created for the Royal Castle, Warsaw, is now in the dining room of the Musée Nissim de Camondo (245), and is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 175, fig. 3.5.12.