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19TH CENTURY, THE FLOWERS 18TH-19TH CENTURY AND REUSED
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TWO PAIRS OF ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TOLE AND CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN WALL-LIGHTS
19TH CENTURY, THE FLOWERS 18TH-19TH CENTURY AND REUSED
Comprising a three-branch pair and a two-branch pair with ribbon backplates with intials 'M' and 'L', later fitted for electricity; together with a pair of Louis XV-style gilt-metal three-branch wall-lights, late 19th/early 20th century, fitted for electricity
The three-branch pair: 15 in. (38 cm.) high, excluding fitments
The two-branch pair: 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, excluding fitments
The gilt-metal pair: 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high, excluding fitments
19TH CENTURY, THE FLOWERS 18TH-19TH CENTURY AND REUSED
Comprising a three-branch pair and a two-branch pair with ribbon backplates with intials 'M' and 'L', later fitted for electricity; together with a pair of Louis XV-style gilt-metal three-branch wall-lights, late 19th/early 20th century, fitted for electricity
The three-branch pair: 15 in. (38 cm.) high, excluding fitments
The two-branch pair: 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, excluding fitments
The gilt-metal pair: 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high, excluding fitments
Provenance
Acquired by Mrs Audrey Field (née James; later Mrs Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie) by 1938; the three-branch pair photographed in the drawing room at The Holme, by Cecil Beaton, circa 1937; the ormolu pair photographed in The Holme, circa 1938).
Literature
The three-branch pair: 'A House in Regent's Park. The Hon. Mrs. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie's home, Holme House', Country Life, 20 April 1940, p. 417, fig. 4., illustrated in The Drawing Room.
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