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Basket chandelier with hanging
Lost Art-ID
630569
Title
Basket chandelier with hanging
Dating
1801/1900
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) ; Glass (Crystal glass) / cast ; fire-gilded ; electrified
Description
Basket chandelier with 48 burners. The basket most likely consisted of assembled cast brass parts mounted on an iron rod. This was covered by individual glass elements and fitted with a lower end element, the so-called “bas de lustre”. The winding arms of the basket were decorated with a lavish crystal hanging consisting of repeating hanging elements.
Provenance
Dresden Palace, 2nd floor, north wing, Dante Room; 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 house, which was assigned to the state as a room inventory marked in red; The chandelier came to Pulsnitz Castle on 16.05.1944. 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 308 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-34, Blatt 79
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Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany
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