A FRENCH GILTWOOD SIX-BRANCH CHANDELIER

Lot 13
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 812958
Lot 13 | A FRENCH GILTWOOD SIX-BRANCH CHANDELIER
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
A FRENCH GILTWOOD SIX-BRANCH CHANDELIER

EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

With foliate corona and stem enriched with four winged putti, the reservoir with applied espagnolette masks issuing six scrolling acanthus wrapped candle branches terminating in gadrooned drip pans and nozzles, with a globe and foliate finial, re-gilt, previously drilled for electricity

47 1/4 in. (120 cm.) high; 35 1/2 in. (90 cm.) diameter





Provenance

With Bernard Steinitz Gallery, Paris;

Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé; sold Sotheby's, Paris, 30 October 2018, lot 546.



Literature

C. Saint André Perrin, 'Le duplex parisien de Pierre Bergé', Architectural Digest, Paris, 2016.



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