Description
This exquisite English Dutch style double tier twelve arm faux candle brass chandelier with "ball & scroll" form is a venerable classic of colonial vintage. Elegant, sophisticated, with the most beautiful patina, adding just the right amount of embellishment from canopy to finial. Circa 1930 Provenance: Early 21st century purchased at antique mogul & designer Howard Kaplan, NYC, NY. Retail $8,800 Invoice shown in photos. 2021: We aquired it from the impeccably currated, very fine quality Tenafly, NJ estate. For more than three decades, Howard Kaplan Antiques occupied the ground floor & a Parisian style club, La Belle Époque, the second. According to a 1981 article in People magazine about the Kaplan store, Faye Dunaway flipped over a five-foot-long iron clock made into a coffee table, Jackie Onassis browsed & purchased a peasant broom, Robert De Niro "coughed up $3,000 for antique bathroom fixtures like the ones in 'Raging Bull,' " & Johnny Carson's wife bought a 200-year-old opium table made into a breakfast tray. Dimensions: (approx) w/o chain: 39" High, 33" Diameter w/chain: 61" High Great antique/vintage condition. Presents splendidly, with beautifully aged patinated brass finish. Fully functional, delivered ready for immediate use. 1930 English Dutch Style Howard Kaplan 12 Arm Brass Ball & Scroll Chandelier
