A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each fluted backplate surmounted by a flaming urn above a swagged rams's mask, issuing three acanthus-cast branches with conforming drip pans and nozzles, drilled for electricity
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The design for these wall-lights, with their tête de bélier central mount, is attributed to the celebrated architect, designer and ornémaniste, Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1789). For a pair of appliques supplied to the Prince Condé by bronzier, Quentin-Claude Pitoin (d. 1777), now in the Louvre, see H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 186, fig. 3.9.1.

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