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Object Name:

Pair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces

Maker(s):

Briati, Giuseppe Lorenzo (Italian, 1686-1772), Maker

Place Made:

Italy, Venice

Accession Number:

2014.3.20

Dimensions:

See Individual Records

Location:

Not on Display

Date:

about 1750

Primary Description:

Pair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces. (AB) Colorless, blue, white, yellow, orange, pink, and turquoise glasses, mirror, metal, wood; blown, applied, and tooled glass, assembled. Girandole formed with a profusion of glass scrolls, leaves, and polychrome flowers; pink flower at top. Girandole retains its original arm and mirror plate. The metal support and the arched side branches are covered with pieces of hollow glass arranged on different tiers, decorated with two polychrome glass pendants, curls, and flowers.