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Lot Essay
This chandelier and the following lot match three chandeliers formerly in the collection of Viscount Leverhume at Thornton Manor and sold by Order of the Executors, Sotheby's House sale, 26-28 June 2001, lots 59-61, (lots 59 and 60 £14,300 each, lot 61 £18,900).
The chandeliers of this design closely relate to a pair in the 'Colonnade Rooms' at Knole Park, Kent, illustrated in R. Edwards and P. MacQuoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. 2, P.5, fig, 8.
The chandeliers of this design closely relate to a pair in the 'Colonnade Rooms' at Knole Park, Kent, illustrated in R. Edwards and P. MacQuoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. 2, P.5, fig, 8.