Girandole
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Metal
Measurements
825 x 312.5 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637463
Summary
One of a set of eight three light and two light ormolu girandoles in the Louis XIV taste of cast scrolled foliate form around the upright rectangular bevelled glass with the sconces issuing from above and a bacchanalian mask below,and a female head as cresting above. Rigged for electricity except for the two in the Blue Chamber. Distribution -- First Floor Corridor - 2, Second Floor Corridor -1, Pink Room - 2, Blue Chamber -2, Box Room - 1 (not wired for electricity).
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.