拍品 177
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A Louis XV style ormolu nine-light chandelier
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A Louis XV style ormolu nine-light chandelier

AFTER THE MODEL BY JACQUES CAFFIERI, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A Louis XV style ormolu nine-light chandelier
After the model by Jacques Caffieri, Last quarter 19th Century
The pierced scrolling acanthus frame issuing three sets of three foliate scrolling arms, mounted with putti and birds
48 in. (122 cm.) high; 43 in. (110 cm.) diameter
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拍品专文

See Peter Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, Vol. III, London, 1996, p. 1311, cat. no. 265 (F83) for a very similar but not identical chandelier by Caffieri, engraved Caffieri Paris/1751.

Another 19th century copy of this model chandelier sold Christie's East, 28 April 1999, lot 378 ($81,700).