AN EDWARDIAN GILT-BRONZE HALL LANTERN

CIRCA 1900, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY LENYGON & CO.

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AN EDWARDIAN GILT-BRONZE HALL LANTERN
CIRCA 1900, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY LENYGON & CO.
Of shaped oval form with bowed glazed panels and spirally-turned husked divisions, surmounted by foliate cartouches with scrolled supports and conforming base, the interior with six-light fitment
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high overall

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Lot Essay

The present lantern is based upon a design by Thomas Chippendale in The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, 3rd Edition, 1762, pl. CLIII. This and other lighting at both Cowdray House and Dunecht was most likely supplied by Lenygon & Co. Interior Decorators, of 31 Old Burlington Street.
An identical pair of lanterns after the Chippendale design sold The Leverhulme Collection, Thornton Manor, Wirral, Merseyside; Sotheby's, 26-27 June 2001, lot 14.

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