Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra

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Lot 236
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A tôle peinte and parcel-gilt eight-light chandelier French, 19th century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • diameter 42 in.
  • 107 cm
the corona decorated in scarlet with gilt foliage and fitted with gilt metal rams' heads, cylindrical candle holders and conical hurricane shades, fitted with pierced chains attached to the upper leaf-cast corona.

Provenance

Collection of Ogden Codman who, more than likely, installed it at La Léopolda where it was in the library.

Literature

Ogden Codman, La Léopolda, A Description by Ogden Codman Architect and Owner, 1939, Reprinted, Paris, 1987, illustrated in the library.