OF GEORGE I STYLE, 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILT-GESSO TORCHERES
OF GEORGE I STYLE, 20TH CENTURY
Decorated with foliage husks and acanthus scrolls on a punched and zig-zag ground, with polygonal top and splayed tripod scroll supports
49½ in. (126 cm.) high; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) diameter; and 49¾ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) diameter (2)

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Lot Essay

These vase/candelabra stands have foliated balusters in the manner of ones signed by James Moore (d. 1726), discussed by R. Edwards and M Jourdain in Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, 1955 (fig. 30) and A. Bowett, 'George I's Furniture at Kensington Palace', Apollo, November 2005 (pp. 37-46, fig. 11). Their prototype is a pair of stands attributed to Moore and sold from the collection of Mrs. A. H. Soames, Christie's, London, 28 May 1964 (lot 25).

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