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Scandinavian Louis XVI six-light chandelier



Scandinavian Louis XVI six-light chandelier

A small and elegant six-light chandelier. The base of the chandelier consists of a low fire pot with a round base in green tôle peinte (painted tin), featuring a flame in fire-gilded bronze at the top and a decoration at the bottom of three wreaths of stylized acanthus ending in a flower bud with stylized leaf motifs. The sides of the fire pot are decorated with flower baskets featuring stylized braided tendrils at the bottom.

At the widest part of the fire pot is a fire-gilded ring to which the arms of the chandelier are attached. The S-volute-shaped arms spring from stylized flowers and end in urn-shaped candle holders, beneath which are drip trays with a rim of stylized acanthus leaves. Ram's heads are situated between the arms. Chains are attached to three of these ram's heads, by which the chandelier is suspended from the upper crown. This consists of a wreath to which three stylized branches with acanthus and bunches of grapes are attached. The base consists of a convex dish in green painted tôle-peinte with a stylized bunch of grapes on the underside.

Scandinavian Louis XVI six-light chandelier
Price on request
Provenance
Camille Burgi, Paris
Van Nie Antiquairs, Amsterdam
Private collection, Belgium
Private collection, Netherlands
Period
ca. 1800
Material
Gilt bronze, green tôle peinte
Dimensions
77 cm
Diameter
50.00 cm

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