A pair of gilt bronze three branch candelabra (girandoles)
based on a design by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750)
Paris, Louis XV period, c. 1745
H. 44 cm (17¼ in.), w. 32 cm (12⅝ in.)
Provenance
New York, Nelson A. Rockefeller collection
REF No. 360-
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