Lot 32
32
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS each with ribbon-tied radially fluted arrow and quiver-cast backplate, the frieze with scrolling acanthus-cast branches each with foliate-cast drip-pan, oil switch and bulbous nozzle, above a tapering stem terminating in a berried finial, fitted for electricity, one stamped indecipherably to the reverse 'P'... and marked 'CA'

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS each with ribbon-tied radially fluted arrow and quiver-cast backplate, the frieze with scrolling acanthus-cast branches each with foliate-cast drip-pan, oil switch and bulbous nozzle, above a tapering stem terminating in a berried finial, fitted for electricity, one stamped indecipherably to the reverse 'P'... and marked 'CA'
29¼in. (74cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

These wall-lights are after the celebrated model by Antoine-André Ravrio supplied in 1805 for the salle à manger at the Petit Trianon and consequently sent in 1805 to the salle à manger of the Empress Josephine's apartments at Fontainebleau (ill. in. J. P. Samoyault, Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau, catalog des collections de mobilier, vol.I, Paris, 1989, p.129, fig.95). The Fontainebleau wall-lights were exhibited in 1882.

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