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A related design is illustrated in C. Percier and P.L. Fontaine's Recueil de Décorations intérieures, Paris, 1801, pl. 33.
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU ATHENIENNES, each with pierced, foliate-galleried dished top above a stiff-leaf and gadroomed tazza, the stiff-leaf-cast winged female herm-supports teminating in claw monopodiae and enclosing a central acanthus-cast flaming baluster, the carved foliate-cast stepped, spreading circular plinth upon a moulded black slate carved circular base
22in. (56cm.) high (2)
22in. (56cm.) high (2)