A pair of gilt-bronze and rock crystal chandeliers Louis XV

each of cage form with nine scrolled candlearms hung with faceted pear and diamond shaped drops, beads and flowerheads, one drop with the printed paper label Pietro Accorsi Antichita Via Po 55 Torino, in ink number 4637; formerly drilled for electricity

Pietro Accorsi, Turin
Formerly in the collection of Alberto Bruni Tedeschi

In overall good conserved condition. The gilding is slightly darker and much more attractive than in the catalogue photograph. The gilt-bronze is slightly dirty and would benefit from a light clean according to taste. Some of the drops have possibly been replaced. There are additional later bulbs that have been added to the candlebranches when the chandeliers were electrified, as visible from photograph. There is a variation in the rock crystal facetted globular piece beneath the prism, one of which is possibly a later replacement.
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