Girandoles British, circa 1850, each with an embossed metal tablet with a royal coat-of-arms and inscribed "C. Nosotti Carver & Gilder Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker 398-399 Oxford St." and stamped "05582", 43 x 23 in., scattered cracks and chips to gesso and gilding overall, scattered losses and repairs at leaf tips, one lacking bellflower pendant to apron, scattered surface wear and rubbing to gilding. Notes: C. Nosotti probably refers to Charles Andrea Nosotti who is recorded as a carver, gilder, upholsterer and cabinet maker from 1835-1840. He later exhibited a cabinet in the 1862 exhibition and received a commission from the Countess of Waldegrave for Strawberry Hill.. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Tom Devenish: The Collection - Highly Important English Furniture, New York, 24 April 2008, lot 150 scattered cracks and chips to gesso and gilding overall, scattered losses and repairs at leaf tips, one lacking bellflower pendant to apron, scattered surface wear and rubbing to gilding