New Époque: Adrian Alan - Selected Works
New Époque: Adrian Alan - Selected Works
Lot Closed
October 28, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A LOUIS XIV STYLE GILT-BRONZE EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER, IN THE MANNER OF ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE LATE 19TH CENTURY
drilled for electricity
75cm. high, 68cm. wide; 2ft. 5½in., 2ft. 2¾in.
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The design for this chandelier was directly inspired from one executed by André-Charles Boulle in the early 18th century now in the collections of the Louvre Museum, Paris (inv. no. OA5101), also illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. 1, 1986, p.52, fig. 1.6.5). A related example after the same model was offered at Christie's London, Noble & Private Collections Part II, 27 April 2016, lot 208 and a further one at Sotheby's Olympia, 11 February 2003, lot 401.