William Perry (active 1818)
Pair of chandeliers c. 1818
Glass, lacquer | RCIN 2338
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Pair of chinoiserie chandeliers; each of inverted umbrella shaped, with etched and painted glass shade, and brass ribs edged with etched glass beads. Suspended from a green lacquered bronze shaft in the form of an exotic plant. Tulip shaped etched and painted glass shade at the top.
Provenance
Commissioned by George IV when Prince Regent. This chandelier was one of a set of nine supplied circa 1818 by the lamp manufacturer William Perry, for the Music Room in the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, at a cost of £4290.10.0.
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Glass, lacquer
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