Three Rococo Revival Gilt-Brass Girandoles

Set of Three Handsome Rococo Revival Gilt-Brass Girandoles

mid-19th century, attributed to Henry Hooper, Boston, the five-branch center flanked by three-branch ends, set with distinctive morning glory candle cups, removable foliate bobeches, and leaf-molded prisms rings, on scrolled rococo bases decorated with stippling.
tallest h. 20-1/4", w. 18-1/2", d. 5"

Literature: A closely related pair are illustrated in Nineteenth Century Lighting, Candle-Powered Devices, 1783-1883, by H. Parrott Bacot and now in a collection in the Anglo-American Art Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Dimensions: 22 x 25 x 20 in