A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION (LOTS 104-149)
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN HAURÉ, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN HAURÉ, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with backplate headed by a trumpeting putto above an intertwined acanthus boss and issuing scrolled arms with leaf-cast nozzles, variously stamped 'FV'
17 in. (43 cm.) high (2)

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The original of this celebrated model was designed by Hauré, cast by Forestier and chased by Thomire for the Château de St. Cloud. Trained as a sculptor, Jean Hauré was a member of the Académie de St. Luc and became a maître-fondeur making furniture and ormolu objets d'art for the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne from 1785-88. A pair of appliques of nearly identical design are in the Jones Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A further set of four appliques are in the Wrightsman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Another late 19th century pair sold in these rooms, Quai d'Orsay, Paris - An Apartment by Jacques Grange, 19 November 2010, lot 606 (£4,375).

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