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Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Six-Light Chandelier with Owl Mounts
fine Empire six-light chandelier, the patinated bronze bowl issuing six gilt-bronze scrolling arms, each mounted with a finely cast gilt-bronze owl perched at its base, the bowl is encircled with crisp ormolu mounts of classical figures, foliage, and anthemia, and surmounted by an ormolu sphere and a patinated bronze eagle finial, suspended by three heavy ormolu chains from a conforming canopy, a striking early 19th-century French chandelier with exceptional detail and strong contrast between the matte patination and bright gilding, ormolu and patinated bronze, electrified
diameter 27 inches, height 29 1/2 inches
Provenance: A Collection from a New York City Townhouse Built by Stanford White, Interior Designed by Cullman and Kravis
Ariane Dandois, Paris; The Collection of Emanuel Shemin; Sotheby’s, Lot 124, 11/20/2007 ($28,500)

Estimate: $6000 - $10000