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Chandelier

(American, active 1930s–1971)
1937
Medium/TechniqueBrushed stainless steel, chrome, neon
DimensionsOverall: 200.7 x 106.7 cm (79 x 42 in.)
Credit LineH.E. Bolles Fund
Accession number2006.1185
On View
On view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenancePurportedly designed and made for the 1937 MGM film "Topper"; sold in 1985 by Omega Studio Rentals, Los Angeles to Off the Wall Antiques, Los Angeles; sold to private collectors in Germany, 1986; repurchased by Off the Wall Antiques, Los Angeles, 2006; purchased by the MFA 2006.
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