A PAINTED AND GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIERDESIGNED BY OLIVER MESSELLThe acanthus cast basket supporting nine gilt metal branches suspending faceted lustre dropsApproximately 107cm high, 104cm diameterProvenance: Supplied by Oliver Messel Illustrated: T. Messel, Oliver Messel: in the theatre of design, New York, 2011, p.119A chandelier of an almost identical design was supplied to main showroom of Rayne's shoe shop by Oliver Messel. It would be this earlier project which encouraged Phillis Baden Watkins to commission Messel to complete the restorations at Flaxley. The lustre drops were an embellishment made by Messel on the original design.