A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT
Each backplate issuing three asymmetric scrolled branches with foliate drip-pans and nozzles, one branch supporting a parrot with elongated tail feather

21.1/2 in. (55 cm.) high; 14 in. (36 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Designed in the Louis XV 'pittoresque' style popularised by Juste-Aurèle Meissonier and Nicolas Pineau, these wall-lights are inspired by models initially designed by Charles Cressent. Similar wall-lights were subsequently supplied by the sculpteur, fondeur et ciseleur du roi Jacques Caffiéri (1678-1755). In the Inventory drawn up following his death in 1755, no. 43 is described as 'un autre model double de bras de cheminée ancien perroquets à deux branches', and this model was already listed in an earlier inventory of his stock in 1747.
Two related pairs of parrot wall-lights were supplied to Madame Infante, Louise-Elizabeth of France, duchesse de Parma, for the Palazzo di Colorno (A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Gli Arredi Francesi, Milan, 1995, no. 52, p. 243).
Another set of four wall-lights, dating to the late 19th century, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, 3 October 2008, lot 99 ($21,250).







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