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Two basket chandeliers with hanging
Lost Art-ID
630570
Title
Two basket chandeliers with hanging
Dating
1801/1900
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) ; Glass (Crystal glass) / fire-gilded [presumably]
Description
Basket chandelier with 36 light fittings each. The basket most likely consisted of assembled cast brass parts mounted on an iron rod. This was covered with individual glass elements and fitted with a lower end element, the so-called “Bas de Lustre”. The richly designed arms of the basket were decorated with a lavish crystal hanging consisting of repeating hanging elements. With electrification, the number of candles was significantly increased and additional light points with incandescent lamps were installed.
Provenance
Dresden Palace, 2nd floor, north wing, Equestrian School; Listed in inventory no. 1 of 31.01.1920, as part of the 1924 settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal family, the rooms marked in red belong to the state. An exact date of relocation is not on record, the relocation was completed in the summer of 1944. The chandeliers from the riding school were probably transported to the relocation site at Rammenau Castle on 26.04.1944. Circumstances of loss unknown. A loss in connection with the events of the 2nd World War is assumed.
Literature / Source
Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 – Auseinandersetzungsvertrag 1924, Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 492, Seite 310 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-34, Blatt 77
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Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany
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