Live Auction 19022The Private Collection of Jayne Wrightsman
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL TEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
Lot 51

A RESTAURATION ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL TEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER

CIRCA 1820-40, THE BOBECHES AND DRIP-PANS LOUIS XVI, AND WITH LATER EMBELLISHMENTS AND ALTERATIONS

Closed14 October 2020

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL TEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1820-40, THE BOBECHES AND DRIP-PANS LOUIS XVI, AND WITH LATER EMBELLISHMENTS AND ALTERATIONS
The corona with foliate fronds above a faceted stem with ormolu and cut-glass chain suspensions, the scrolled branches terminating in rosettes, restorations and replacements to glass and rock crystal elements
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 33 ½ in. (85 cm.) diameter

Baron Boël, Brussels.
Acquired from Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, 1958.

Specialist note

Chandeliers in gilt-bronze, hung with precious rock crystal and cut-glass, were prized objects in the 18th and first half 19th century and were reserved only for the most elite of patrons. A related Louis XVI example featuring spiral-twisted arms issuing from a pierced central rim from the Collection of Michael Simon sold Christie’s, New York, 7 June 2011, lot 234, and a celebrated example circa 1785 and also featuring partly spiral-twisted arms, delivered by Dominique Daguerre to the Marquis de Laborde and probably executed by François Rémond, sold from the collection of Hubert de Givenchy, Christies, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 40.
THE PROVENANCE
Baron Boël possibly refers to René Boël (1899-1990), a Belgian industrialist and steel magnate who also founded the Museum of Modern Art in Brussels.