Lot Essay
Gagneau à Paris, of 115 rue Lafayette ci devant B. d'Enghien, is first recorded in 1817 with his invention of a mechanical oil-lamp.
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BY GAGNEAU, RUE LAFAYETTE, CIRCA 1840
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A LOUIS PHILIPPE SILVERED AND ORMOLU LAMP, ORIGINALLY AN OIL LAMP
BY GAGNEAU, RUE LAFAYETTE, CIRCA 1840
The pleated barley silk shade supplied by Alberto Pinto, with silver thread and tan velvet trim, the pierced collar signed 'GAGNEAU 125 R. LAFAYETTE', above a foliate capital and fluted columnar shaft, the pedestal base with mechanical movement behind ruby glass with drapery-swagged frame, on a stiff-leaf and foliate-moulded spreading square plinth, fitted for electricity
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) high overall
BY GAGNEAU, RUE LAFAYETTE, CIRCA 1840
The pleated barley silk shade supplied by Alberto Pinto, with silver thread and tan velvet trim, the pierced collar signed 'GAGNEAU 125 R. LAFAYETTE', above a foliate capital and fluted columnar shaft, the pedestal base with mechanical movement behind ruby glass with drapery-swagged frame, on a stiff-leaf and foliate-moulded spreading square plinth, fitted for electricity
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) high overall
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium