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Description A George I style carved giltwood chandelier
eary 20th century, possibly?by Lenygon & Co.
with?six scrolling branches issuing from a foliate carved baluster stem with berried pendant finial
approximately 92cm. high
Condition Report Very decorative and impressive. Will require re-wiring by a qualified professional - faux-wax cylinders over each bayonet bulb fitting tired and will require replacing. Branches loose. Losses and wear to gilt surface - showing gesso. Some minor chips. Ingrained dirt. Finely executed.
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Notes This boldly carved chandelier relates to a group of light fittings?by the London firm of Lenygon & Co., the great Edwardian revivalists of 18th century cabinet making and design. They?were expert copyists and (as Lenygon & Morant) produced a?set of three giltwood chandeliers in 1939, which were presented to Queen Elizabeth for Windsor Castle. These were?based on?a famous set of six George II giltwood examples produced originally for Kensington Palace. The present chandelier is identical to another example by the firm, hanging in their showroom at 31 Old Burlington Street, London,(illustrated hanging in the 'Cedar Room'; Francis Lenygon,
The Furniture and Decoration of English Mansions During the XVII. & XVIII Centuries, London, 1909, frontispiece).