拍品专文
In 1821, in the hôtel of the duc Decres in the faubourg Saint-Honoré, the notaire recorded 'un lustre à douze lumièreset or moulu de chapiteaux à figures chiminiques en bronze doré 600 livres', while a similar lustre à 24 lumières was supplied to the Prince de Talleyrand and is now conserved in the musée Marmottan (inv. 707, illustrated in Jules et Paul, Marmottan Collectionneurs, Paris, 1990, p.50, fig. 85.
Designs for two similar chandeliers are illustrated in H.Ottomeyer and P.Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p.358, figs 5.11.2 and 5.11.3.
A related chandelier was acquired in St. Petersburg for the salle des séances plénières du Senat in Helsinki circa 1820 (L. de Groer, Les Arts Décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Fribourg, 1985, p.261, fig. 489).
Designs for two similar chandeliers are illustrated in H.Ottomeyer and P.Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p.358, figs 5.11.2 and 5.11.3.
A related chandelier was acquired in St. Petersburg for the salle des séances plénières du Senat in Helsinki circa 1820 (L. de Groer, Les Arts Décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Fribourg, 1985, p.261, fig. 489).