Description Pair of Rare Bronze Dore et Patine Six-Arm Gasoliers, Attributed to Starr, Fellows & Co., New York
ca. 1856, each having a lower body molded with masques, a complex vasiform Rococo Revival standard decorated with hanging trumpet fines, a canopy molded with masques, lattice-pierced branches and lotus-form gas keys, each set with six Greek-key-cut and frosted glass gas-style shades.
h. 47", dia. 41-1/4"
Notes: The lattice-pierced branches and gas keys appear on number 724 in
Starr, Fellows & Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue, 1856. They advertised various "Gilt, Olive, French Bronze, Artistic Bronze or any two colors in combination," as quoted in
Gaslighting in America, a Guide for Historic Preservation, by Denys Peter Myers, pp. 74-75.