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Lot Essay
THE ATTRIBUTION TO FRANCOIS REMOND
Both Christian Baulez and Peter Hughes attribute this basic model to François Rémond and date it to 1785, on the basis of both the characteristic twisted branches and the bardiglio marble plinth design so typical of the production of this ciseleur-doreur (P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, p.1271).
However, the model could also be the result of a collaboration between several bronziers under the orders of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre - who is known to have sold a related pair of candelabra in his sale at Christie's London, 25 March 1791, lot 53.
It was certainly Daguerre who supplied the pair of this model to George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV for Carlton House, Subsequently moved to Buckingham Palace, they are illustrated in situ in the White Drawing Room in J. Harris et al., Buckingham Palace and its Treasures, New York, 1968, p. 59.
This design of base is most frequently seen on candelabra with seated bronze figures after Etienne-Maurice Falconet; these include:-
those almost certainly supplied by Daguerre to the 1st Earl of Harewood or Edward, Viscount Lascelles for Harewood House, Hanover Square or for Harewood House, Yorkshire and now at Harewood; those also probably supplied by Daguerre to Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford for Weston Park, Shropshire; those from the Beresford-Hope Collection, sold Christie's London 12-14 May, 1886, lot 387; those from the collection of the Earl of Essex, Cassiobury Park, Essex, sold Christie's London, 12 June 1922, lot 283; those in the M.W.B Collection, sold Paris, 29 November 1935, lot 103; those sold anonymously at Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 June 1987, lot 214; those in the Wallace Collection, London (P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, no.251, F140-141); and those from the Stroganoff Collection, sold from the Riahi Collection, Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lot 94.
Both Christian Baulez and Peter Hughes attribute this basic model to François Rémond and date it to 1785, on the basis of both the characteristic twisted branches and the bardiglio marble plinth design so typical of the production of this ciseleur-doreur (P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, p.1271).
However, the model could also be the result of a collaboration between several bronziers under the orders of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre - who is known to have sold a related pair of candelabra in his sale at Christie's London, 25 March 1791, lot 53.
It was certainly Daguerre who supplied the pair of this model to George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV for Carlton House, Subsequently moved to Buckingham Palace, they are illustrated in situ in the White Drawing Room in J. Harris et al., Buckingham Palace and its Treasures, New York, 1968, p. 59.
This design of base is most frequently seen on candelabra with seated bronze figures after Etienne-Maurice Falconet; these include:-
those almost certainly supplied by Daguerre to the 1st Earl of Harewood or Edward, Viscount Lascelles for Harewood House, Hanover Square or for Harewood House, Yorkshire and now at Harewood; those also probably supplied by Daguerre to Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford for Weston Park, Shropshire; those from the Beresford-Hope Collection, sold Christie's London 12-14 May, 1886, lot 387; those from the collection of the Earl of Essex, Cassiobury Park, Essex, sold Christie's London, 12 June 1922, lot 283; those in the M.W.B Collection, sold Paris, 29 November 1935, lot 103; those sold anonymously at Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 June 1987, lot 214; those in the Wallace Collection, London (P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, no.251, F140-141); and those from the Stroganoff Collection, sold from the Riahi Collection, Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lot 94.