Live Auction 22125The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Temple of Wings
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Lot 23

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Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile Moorish' Chandelier, circa 1895

Closed14 June 2023

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USD 327,600

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Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile Moorish' Chandelier, circa 1895
Favrile glass, leaded glass, patinated bronze
13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) high, 24 1/2 in. (62.3 cm.) diameter, 29 in. (73.7 cm.) drop

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 1999, lot 454.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

Related examples of this chandelier can be found in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York and Willard Memorial Chapel in Auburn, New York, both of which include chandeliers with the same central band design in reverse.