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A GEORGE III EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER, NO. 426
Moses Lafount
A GEORGE III EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER, NO. 426
Date 1800
Epoque 1750-1850, 18th century
Origine England
Medium Cut glass
Dimension 130 x 76 cm (51¹/₈ x 29⁷/₈ inches)
Moses Lafount patented this unusual design for chandeliers in January 1797. The town assembly rooms of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk retain a group of seven chandeliers to the Lafount patent, possibly supplied around 1804.
Date: 1800
Epoque: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origine: England
Medium: Cut glass
Dimension: 130 x 76 cm (51¹/₈ x 29⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, revised edition, 1954, vol. 1, p. 337, fig. 26.
Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, 2000, pp. 120-24. Ronald Phillips Ltd., 2016 catalogue, pp. 166-9.
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