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Despite the chandelier's curvilinear outline and its scrolling branches that full-heartedly embrace the Rococo, the trelliswork pattern on the shaft is a remnant of the Régence period, dating this piece to about 1740.
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Title: Six-light chandelier (one of a pair)
Date: ca. 1740
Culture: probably French
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 25 × 19 1/2 × 14 1/4 in., 34.7 lb. (63.5 × 49.5 × 36.2 cm, 15739.817g)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Object Number: 1974.356.111
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