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- Chandelier
(?) Paris, circa 1710-1715
Colored and plain glass; silvered foils
lacquered with pink and green translucent
varnish; silvered pakton; gilt and silvered
bronze; rock crystal
Height: 2 ft. 5V2 in. (75 cm); Diameter:
2 ft. 8 in. (81.3 cm)
Accession number 74 .DH.29
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Turin; [Jacques Kugel,
Paris]; [Michel Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et
Cie, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
- Chandelier
Paris, circa 1818-1819
By André Galle
Glass; enameled metal; gilt bronze
Height: 4 ft. 3 in. (129.5 cm); Diameter:
3 ft. 2 in. (96.5 cm)
Accession number 73.DH. 76
PROVENANCE
Sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris, early 1960s;
(sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris, February 7,
1972, lot 83); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1972];
[French and Co., New York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Michael Shapiro, "Monsieur Galle, Bronzier
et Doreur," GettyMusJ 6-7 (1978-1979),
pp. 61-66, illus. figs 3-5, 8; Ottomeyer and
Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 359, illus.;
Handbook 1986, p. 179, illus.
One of a pair 161
GILT BRONZE:
WALL LIGHTS AND BRACKETS
- Pair of Girandoles
(?) Paris, circa 1710
Silvered bronze; mirror glass; oak support
Girandole .1 is painted 22 in black on the
wooden backing and its bobeche is stamped
with the crowned Cfor 1745-1749. Giran
dole .2 is painted 20 in black on the wooden
backing and its bobeche is indistinctly
stamped with the crowned C.
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