girandole
Object NameGirandole on Mirrored Sconce
Maker
Giuseppe Lorenzo Briati
(Italian, 1686-1772)
Made FromGlass, Wood, Metal, Mercury-Tin Amalgam Mirror
Dateabout 1750
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled, assembled
SizeOverall H: about 81 cm, W: about 45 cm, D (with arm attached): about 31 cm
Accession Number2014.3.20 B
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGirandole on Mirrored Sconce. Colorless, blue, white, yellow, orange, pink, and turquoise glasses, mirror, metal, wood; blown, applied, and tooled glass, assembled. Girandole formed with a profusion of glass scrolls, leaves, and polychrome flowers; blue flower at top. Girandole retains its original arm and mirror plate. The metal support and the arched side branches are covered with pieces of hollow glass arranged on different tiers, decorated with two polychrome glass pendants, curls, and flowers.Provenance
Source
Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd.
- 2014-10-27
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
Former Collection
Sylvain Levy-Alban
- 2010
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
