A REGENCY GILT-BRONZE AND GLAZED HEXAGONAL LANTERN
Height: 98 cm 38.58 “
Diameter 47 cm 18.5”
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Provenance
Private Collection, London.
Literature
Thomas Chippendale ‘The gentleman and Cabinet-maker’s Director 3rd Edition 1763
William Ince & John Mayhew ‘The universal System of Household Furniture’ 1762
A Regency gilt bronze and glazed ‘Gothic’ Hexagonal hall lantern of large and impressive proportions.
The upper part with arched frames, with medieval influence above slender columns, terminating on foliate feet. The pendant light fitting now worked for electricity.
This impressive Lantern is based on sketches from the below publications, and are illustrated above.
Thomas Chippendale ‘The gentleman and Cabinet-maker’s Director 3rd Edition 1763
Plate CLII Engraving dated 1760.
William Ince & John Mayhew ‘The universal System of Household Furniture’ 1762
Plate V