Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
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Lot 97
A pair of glass-mounted ormolu and marble twin-light girandoles St. Petersburg, early 19th century
4 June 2014, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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A pair of glass-mounted ormolu and marble twin-light girandoles
St. Petersburg, early 19th century
each with scroll branches flanking baluster-shaped clear glass bodies with rising to faceted spires and everted finials issuing beaded pendants, further swags of pendants overall, white marble bases
50.8 cm wide, 20.3cm deep, 58.4 cm high (20" wide, 8" deep, 23" high) (2)
each with scroll branches flanking baluster-shaped clear glass bodies with rising to faceted spires and everted finials issuing beaded pendants, further swags of pendants overall, white marble bases
50.8 cm wide, 20.3cm deep, 58.4 cm high (20" wide, 8" deep, 23" high) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
Moss Harris & Sons, New Oxford Street, London, where acquired by Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A prior to 1934 (£35).
Christie's, The collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson,P.R.A., 18-19 September 2013
Literature
C. Hussey, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Prof. A.E. Richardson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.', Country Life, 8 December 1934, p. 615, illustrated in the saloon
J. Cornforth, The Inspiration of the Past: Country House Taste in the Twentieth Century, London, 1986, p.57, fig.52, illustrated in the saloon
For a similar example, see fig.1, Igor Sychev, Russkyie Svetilniki Epokhi Klassitsizma,1760-1830, PVBR, St. Petersburg, 2003, fig. 254 page 53
Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. (1880-1964) was a noted architect, collector and President of the Royal Academy (1954-1956). He was an avid promoter of 18th century Georgian taste. For almost fifty years following his death, the proposed girandoles were preserved in the saloon of Richardson's home amongst the neoclassical interiors that reflected the interests and idiosyncrasies of this distinguished collector.