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147. Compound Microscope and Case
     Paris, after 1749
     Micrometric stage invented by Michel-
     Ferdinand, due de Chaulnes
     Gilt bronze; enamel; shagreen; glass; case
     of wood; gilded leather; brass; velvet; silver
     galon and lace; various natural specimens in
     slides; and a number of extra lenses
     Microscope: Height: 1 ft. 6% in. (48 cm);
     Width: 11 in. (28 cm); Depth: 8 /16 in.
     (20.5 cm); Case: Height: 2 ft. 2 in. (66 cm);
     Width: ι ft. i^34 in. (34.9 cm); Depth:
     10 5 /8 in. (27 cm)
     Accession number 86 .DH.694

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Paris (sold, Sotheby's,

Monaco, February 23,1986, lot 901);

Mrs. Kila Kugel, New York, 1986.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),

no. 102, p. 212, illus.; Jean Perfettini, Le

Galuchat, 1988, pp. 62-63, illus.; Jean-Nérée

Ronfort, "Science and Luxury: Two Acqui­

sitions by the J. Paul Getty Museum,"

GettyMusJ 17 (1989), pp. 47-82, figs.

18-19, 21, 23, 25, 28-29, 35; Handbook 1991,

p. 175, illus.

Metalwork

GILT BRONZE: CANDELABRA

AND CANDLESTICKS

148. Pair of Girandoles
     Paris, circa 1680-1690
     Gilt bronze; beads and drops of rock crystal,
     coral, jasper, amethyst, carnelian, agate, and
     garnet
     Height: 1 ft. 3 in. (38 cm); Width: 10 in.
     (25.5 cm); Diameter (at base): 5 in. (13 cm)
     Accession number 85 .DF.382.1-.2
     PROVENANCE
     [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
     BIBLIOGRAPHY
     "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
     no. 188, p. 241, illus.

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