BY VICTOR PAILLARD & ROMAIN, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A monumental Napoleon III ormolu three-piece garniture
By Victor Paillard & Romain, Paris, third quarter 19th century
Comprising a clock and a pair of thirteen-light figural candelabra: the clock with seated figure of a nymph and two cherubs holding floral garlands over a satyr herm, above a circular enamel dial inscribed Victor Paillard & Romain/Fants. de Bronzes/Paris, the sides with scrolling volutes cast with acanthus leaves, the candelabra en suite, each with a standing putto holding a bouquet of scrolling branches, terminating in circular drip-pans and candle-holders, on scrolling foliate base
The clock: 41 in. (104 cm.) high; 27½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 47¼ in. (120 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (53 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep (3)

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Lot Essay

One of the best known bronziers of the Napoleon III period, Victor Paillard (d.1886) also created and produced his own sculptures and groups, designed and made chenets, candelabra, other decorative objects and clocks. In the 1830s he opened his own business at 105 boulevard Beaumarchais and 6 rue Saint-Claude, first showing his own work at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1839. By 1855 he was employing about a hundred workmen - among them the young Fourdinois - and was able to offer his clients hundreds of models in bronze and zinc imitations. As a founder he worked for numerous well-known sculptors such as Pradier, Barye and Carrier-Belleuse.

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