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Collections      Chandelier - SOLD New York State, c. 1800-1820 Wood, iron, and tin with original paint Height 25 inches, width 26.5 inches This marvelous twelve-arm, two-tier chandelier boasts its original mustard-yellow painted surface and handsomely executed tin candle cups attached to graceful scrolling iron arms. It relates to a pair of sconces at the Winterthur Museum, Delaware. Rarely does such a remarkable early American chandelier come on the market. Illustrated "The Olde Hope Collection," A Catalogue of American Antiques, Vol. 3 (Summer 2005), p. 6. Provenance Julie and Sandy Palley Collection, Pennsylvania Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pennsylvania Austin T. Miller American Antiques deals in American Folk Art, Americana, and Antique Folk Art. Valuation services and consignment sales are available for rare and important antique folk art, artwork, textiles, or antique furniture. Commonly sought items from within our American Folk Art Collection are antique weathervanes, whirligigs and folk art paintings. Austin T. Miller American Antiques has decades of expertise in rare outsider and naive art, as well as specific interests in paint decorated and antique furniture, baskets, and hooked rugs. For consignment sales inquiries, please use the contact link on this site or call during business hours.       |
