CIRCA 1825-1835, ATTRIBUTED TO FEUCHERE FILS

There is a pair of Louis XVI wall-lights of this model at Fontainebleau. They were supplied for the dining-room in May 1805 by Andé_Antoine Ravrio, who had presumably acquired them for stock. In July of the same year they were moved to Fontainebleau, firstly to the Empress' dining-room and then to the Salon of the King of Naples where they are recorded in 1807 (J.-P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, no. 95). Ravrio and other suppliers of bronzes d'ameublement delivered many Louis XVI items during the Empire period and the above wall-lights were possibly made by the ciseleur-doreur Pierre-François Feuchère. His son, Lucien-François, and grand-son, Armand, continued the family business in the early 19th Century, with an equally prominent clientele, including the Imperial and the Royal families, and apparently continued to produce various of their popular Louis XVI models. The present wall-lights are closely related to their work of the late 1820, and based on similarities in the chasing and casting, these can also be attributed to Feuchère Fils (P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, pp. 378-383.