AN IMPORTANT ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
in the manner of Andre-Charles Boulle, with ring-suspension above a central urn stem framed by foliate "C"-scrolls, the foliate hexagonal socle above a circular platform issuing gadrooned and scrolling branches terminating in dished and rocaille-cast drip-pans above a tapering boss with a berried finial,
80cm high (excluding the suspension loop) x 73cm dia.
This magnificent chandelier, with its richly chased decoration, relates to
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£8,000 - £15,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
other documented examples and designs by Boulle, who was appointed Ebeniste du Roi in 1672.
His engravings were published around 1720 under the title "Nouveau Desseins ...." by Mariette and give a clear indication of his production and a number of designs for chandeliers were published.
A parallel may be drawn with the set of four six light chandeliers in the Audienzzimmer at the Residenz in Ansbach illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, "T Proschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen", published Munich 1986, vol. I, page 55, fig. 1.6.11. There is a related chandelier is in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, whilst another was formerly in the collection of Jean Bloch (1886-1942) a French industrialist and passionate collector of Louis XIV and Regence decorative arts.
To be removed at the buyer's risk and expense.
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