Lot 185
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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN FAMILY (LOTS 182-191)
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

AFTER A DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, CIRCA 1775

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
AFTER A DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, CIRCA 1775
Each with a tapering backplate with Ionic capital surmounted by a swagged classical urn with cone finial, issuing scrolled branches wth foliate drip-pans and nozzles, and hung with fruiting laurel garlands, minor differences to chasing, fitted for electricity
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Important Private Piemontese Collection, Sotheby's, London, 8 June 2005, lot 56.

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Lot Essay

These impressive wall-lights, in the fashionable goût grec of the 1770s, are based on a design traditionally attributed to the celebrated architect and ornémaniste, Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1789). With their distinctive swagged and acanthus-cast scrolled arms, they bear a close resemblance to a pair in the collection of the Musée du Louvre (illustrated H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 186, fig. 3.9.2).

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