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Lot 1022 Dα

A Neoclassical chandelier

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 20.000 € - 30.000 €
Result: 21.250 € (incl. premium)

A Neoclassical chandelier

Ormolu chandelier with cut glass droplets and blue glass panes. Six curved branches issuing from a pierced ring hung with elliptical droplets and chains of prisms. The centre attached to a smaller upper ring with three angular metal staves and twelve chains of prisms. Three central panes of blue glass. Wired for electricity. H 138, D circa 105 cm.
Attributed to Prague, the glass droplets Bohemian, around 1800.

We would like to thank Mr. Frank Möller, Hamburg for the attribution to Prague.

Literature

Cf. the identical chandelier on the cover of Renate Möller, Lampen, Lüster und Leuchter, Munich-Berlin 2000.