An Ormolu Lantern in the Louis XV Manner
Dimensions: H: 45.5 in / 115 cm | Dia: 12.5 in / 32 cm
Description
An Important Lantern
In the Louis XV Manner
Constructed in gilt bronze, the ovoid body composed of six blown crystal facets interspersed with ormolu acanthus-stylized scrolls, the lower and upper registers with openwork bronzework of Vitruvian and spiraling patterns each termanting in tapering finials; suspended from tied ribbons.
French, circa 1900
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