A pair of white painted and parcel-gilt candelabra on pedestals the candelabra and one pedestal circa 1775, the other pedestal of a later date

the candelabra with reversible flambeau finials

Good overall condition. Minor wear to decoration. Pleasing proportions. Candelabra pair very well with pedestals. For further information on this Lot, please contact the English Furniture Department on 00 44 (0) 207 293-5470.
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The present pedestals are of a near identical design to a pair of pedestals in the collection of the Earl of Harewood at Harewood House, Yorkshire (see illustration). A similar pair of mahogany pedestals was formerly in the Entrance Hall at Home House, No. 20 Portman Square, London, illustrated in Dr Margaret Whinney, Home House, No. 20 Portman Square, 1969, p.85 (information kindly supplied by Eileen Harris), a further pair are recorded in the collection of the Earls of Derby in the early-20th century, illustrated in Francis Lenygon, Furniture in England from 1660 to 1760, 1914, p.188, fig. 283.

The candelabrum are, without their finials, identical to those made for Langley Park, Norfolk, illustrated Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett Lighting in the Domestic Interior, 1991, p.101, fig.320, and sold Phillips, London, 19 February 1991, Lot 30 for £45,540.