AN EMPIRE-STYLE ORMOLU, ETCHED AND FROSTED GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
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AN EMPIRE-STYLE ORMOLU, ETCHED AND FROSTED GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER

POSSIBLY BY MAISON JANSEN, 20TH CENTURY

Fermé27 January 2021

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AN EMPIRE-STYLE ORMOLU, ETCHED AND FROSTED GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
POSSIBLY BY MAISON JANSEN, 20TH CENTURY
With circular pierced plumed corona ending in a pinecone finial suspending chain links and enclosing an etched glass sphere with pierced ormolu banding issuing perched swans fitted with engine turned bobêches, ending in foliate finial, fitted for electricity
47 ½ in. (120.6 cm.) high, 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) wide

Note du spécialiste

Possible inspiration for the design of this chandelier may have come from Empire examples such as the one illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I., Munich, 1986, p.359, pl. 5.11.6.