A large gilt-metal cut-glass twenty-light chandelier in Louis XV style

the corona surmounted by four leaf and scrolled ornaments hung with pendants, the lower tier issuing sixteen scrolled candle arms, topped by four s-scrolled further candle arms, each with glass drip pans and hung with drops and swags

In overall good condition, overall wear to the gilding, minor frittings and chips to the glass, minor traces of corrosion, one swag of corona lacking, the lower tier with central lamp fitting lacking.
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