Leopold Bauer - A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY CHANDELIER AND A PAIR OF WALL SCONCES

Date	around 1930
Period	20th century
Origin	Austrian
Medium	Nickel-plated brass
Dimensions	120 x 45 x 71 cm (47¹/₄ x 17³/₄ x 28 inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Leopold Bauer attr., Vienna

Executed by: E. Bakalowits Söhne, Vienna

Nickel-plated brass, intricately cut glass bowls, upper large glass bowl with crack, polished glass beads, newly electrified, sleeves added to sockets, very nice original condition

Wall sconces: H 57 cm, W 34 cm, D 22 cm

Chandelier: H 120 cm + 45 cm chain, Ø 71 cm

This chandelier and the two accompanying wall sconces are of the finest quality. The finishing of the glass and metal components is unsurpassable. Likewise, the design is of excellent ingenuity.

Leopold Bauer used a similar imposing glass bowl with an unusual "triangular cut" for a chandelier made by E. Bakalowits Söhne around 1900. We presented it at TEFAF NY Spring 2018 under catalogue number 4.

Date: around 1930
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Nickel-plated brass
Dimensions: 120 x 45 x 71 cm (47¹/₄ x 17³/₄ x 28 inches)
Provenance: Private property, Austria

Literature: cf.: The bel etage gallery exhibiting at TEFAF New York Spring 2018, cat. -o. 4, p. 10f