Manner of Parker and Perry

parts possibly 18th century

cut-glass, cast gilt-brass

Rhoda Koenig, ‘Top Dog’, The World of Interiors, December 1996, illustrated p.70

This chandelier is good quality. Sotheby's would recommend this was rewired from a professional. It would benefit from a clean. Gallery inspection is recommended. One of the scrolled branches in the lower tier has been broken and is now reattached. There are traces of glue visible.
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This chandelier is in the style of Messrs. Parker and Perry of London, who excelled in chandelier design from the late 18th century to the 19th century.  The offered lot features swags with regular pear-shaped drops that recall a Parker design at the Metropolitan Museum (see Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, p .100). The incorporation of the neo-classical receiving bowl with gilt ornament and vase-shaped stem-piece is a hallmark of Parker and Perry's production.  The barley twist arms and delicately cut drip pans are also features often found in later chandeliers by the company renamed Perry & Co. in 1817, see an example offered, Important Furniture, Silver and Ceramics, these rooms, 8 December 2009, lot 39.