23rd Nov, 2022 12:00
European Works of Art
87
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE THREE-LIGHT ORMOLU WALL SCONCES
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE THREE-LIGHT ORMOLU WALL SCONCES, PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, each with a winged caryatid issuing from a berried laurel wreath holding aloft a corded horizontal ring supporting an opposing pair of eagles centred by a further eagle facing forward surmounted by the candle holders, 23cm long projecting
Related designs, with a winged caryatid holding lights aloft, were ordered by the Garde Meuble Royal around 1809-1810, from the leading Paris bronziers of André-Antoine Raviro, Thomire-Duterme et Cie and Claude Galle: a pair by Galle for the Petit Trianon and another by Ravrio for Rambouillet and similar pairs by Thomire for Fontainebleau, one pair for the "Chambre de l'Empereur" and three pairs for the "grand salon du petit appartement de l'Imperatrice".
Sold for £900
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE THREE-LIGHT ORMOLU WALL SCONCES, PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, each with a winged caryatid issuing from a berried laurel wreath holding aloft a corded horizontal ring supporting an opposing pair of eagles centred by a further eagle facing forward surmounted by the candle holders, 23cm long projecting
Related designs, with a winged caryatid holding lights aloft, were ordered by the Garde Meuble Royal around 1809-1810, from the leading Paris bronziers of André-Antoine Raviro, Thomire-Duterme et Cie and Claude Galle: a pair by Galle for the Petit Trianon and another by Ravrio for Rambouillet and similar pairs by Thomire for Fontainebleau, one pair for the "Chambre de l'Empereur" and three pairs for the "grand salon du petit appartement de l'Imperatrice".
Auction: European Works of Art, 23rd Nov, 2022
