A PAIR OF GILDED AND PATINATED BRONZE SEVEN-LIGHT COLZA OIL HANGING LIGHTS
of Regency style, 20th century, each with a colza oil vase reservoir in a shallow dish, with gadrooned underside terminating in a foliate boss, with seven scrolled branches holding brass tubes, with seven elaborately scrolled loops for seven suspension chains which extend from a cone receptacle inset into an acanthus ceiling rose, fitted for electricity, 97cm diameter
| Provenance: |
London Art Market, 1997. |
| Estimate: |
£5,000 - £10,000
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Hammer price:
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£4,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The Hall and Library at Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, seat of the Dukes of Wellington, features several similar Regency gilt bronze colza oil hanging lights. The house was redecorated in the post-war era by the aesthete, architect and former Surveyor of the King’s Works of Art, Gerald Wellesley (1885-1972), 7th Duke of Wellington.
In the early part of the 20th century, Wellesley was intimately linked with collectors and connoisseurs responsible for ensuring the Regency style of decoration remained in vogue. This particular style was known as ‘Vogue Regency’ and found its singular expression in the interiors for Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne (1898-1985) at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire. Lord Gerald Wellesley and the architect Trenwith Wills, guided the original alterations to the house which were carried out in 1936 and the post-1960 fire redecoration.
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