A Large Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cylindrical Four-Light Lantern

Object Description

A Large Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cylindrical Four-Light Lantern.

This large lantern is of cylindrical form with four ribbed uprights supporting a frame with beaded swags and ribbons and surmounted by ostrich-plume finials.

French, Circa 1880.

Object Literature

Verlet, Pierre, ‘Les Bronzes Dorés Francais du XVIIIe Siècle’, Picard, Paris, 1987; p. 96

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