"Gilt Wood And Crystal Chandelier, Italy, Circa 1830 "
Chandelier in gilded wood and crystal whose belt is decorated with palmettes and removable volutes which supports eight arms of light carved with acanthus leaves and rosettes.It is topped by a palmette crown linked to the belt by four chains and threads of crystal pendants.
Italian work around 1830.
Bibliography : A chandelier similar to ours is reproduced in the book L'art du luminaire, by Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett, p. 163 ed. Flammarion, 1992.