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CHANDELIER

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Russian Porcelain Room


About this object

Main section is a shallow crystal glass bowl with a rayed pattern and mounted with an ormolu border with a stylized leaf and rosette rinceau in relief and on the lower edge an acanthus and berry border. On underside of the glass bowl is an ormolu rosette and a drop. From ormolu border project twelve candleholders in ormolu with various rosette and formalized motifs. Bowl is suspended by six chains with ormolu links in openwork with stylized leaf motifs. These are attached near the ceiling to a circular ormolu section with a formalized rosette design underneath and eight ormolu feathers projecting from the top.

Object name:
CHANDELIER
Made from:
Bronze -- crystal
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
87 × 74.3 cm (34 1/4 × 29 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
14.13
Class:
METAL
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973