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Lot 96:
Description
Chandelier Elaborate Dore Bronze Gasolier/Chandelier From Cordts Mansion,
19th Century
18-Light bronze gasolier, with a lobed ball form font with six scrolling arms having acanthus leaf embellishment, each arm terminating in three lights.
Size:
34" high x 34" diameter
The chandelier was used in the kitchen in the Cordts Mansion in Kingston, NY, the 1874 home of the John H. & Elizabeth Cordts family for more than 100 years. Born in Germany, the family arrived in the United States in the late 1830’s, settled in Kingston in the 1850’s, and was well established as a brick maker and local business leader by the time the home construction was completed in 1874. Hunt Slonem, a noted artist, purchased the property in 2001, both restoring and expanding upon the interior and collection.
Condition: Wear commensurate with age and use. Old repair to font. The wiring is updated but it has not been tested for functionality.
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