Lot Essay
Claude Galle, of the rue de Four Saint-Germain, was elected maître in 1786.
A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et.al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 338, fig. 5.3.6. A further nearly identical pair is illustrated in 'Egyptomania', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 1994, p. 290, fig. 4 and in P.-M. Favelac, Aujourd'hui s'installer en Directoire, Empire, Paris, p. 46.
A closely related pair, lacking their bases, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 27 May 1993, lot 30, while a further pair is illustrated in Le Dix-neuvième Siècle Français, 1957, p.132, fig.1.. in Le Dix-neuvième Siècle Français, 1957, p.132, fig.1..
A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et.al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 338, fig. 5.3.6. A further nearly identical pair is illustrated in 'Egyptomania', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 1994, p. 290, fig. 4 and in P.-M. Favelac, Aujourd'hui s'installer en Directoire, Empire, Paris, p. 46.
A closely related pair, lacking their bases, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 27 May 1993, lot 30, while a further pair is illustrated in Le Dix-neuvième Siècle Français, 1957, p.132, fig.1.. in Le Dix-neuvième Siècle Français, 1957, p.132, fig.1..