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Pair of Hanging Five-Light Sconces |
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| Category: |
Decorative |
| SubType: |
Lighting |
| Origin: |
America-USA |
| Era: |
19th Century |
| Height: |
21 inches |
| Width: |
12 inches |
| Depth: |
15.5 inches |
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| Pair of Hanging Five-Light Sconces.
This magnificent pair of hanging candle-powered sconces is quite rare in the stunning original gilt lacquered finish. The brackets are adorned with classical masks and scrolling foliate-chased arms. The five-light pendants are delicately designed and beautifully executed.
America, 1840-1860.
Literature: H. Parrott Bacot, Nineteenth Century Lighting: Candle-powered Devices: 1783-1883 (West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1987) page 248, plate 357.
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