A Louis XIV style ormolu eight-light chandelier, after the model by André-Charles Boulle (lustre aux dauphins) 19th century

Drilled and wired for electricity. Ormolu with rubbing and oxidation consistent with age and handling; good overall condition.
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Eighteenth-century versions of this model, executed by Boulle with six and eight branches, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Nineteenth-century versions were executed for Wilhelm III of Germany for the royal palaces in Berlin and Potsdam.