A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1780

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1780
The part-fluted foliate clasped nozzles on writhen berried and foliate capped branches, issuing from tapering backplates with berried terminals and floral bouquet crestings
21¼in. (54cm.) high, protrudence 9½in. (24cm.)
Provenance
Collection of the Duke of Abercorn
Christie's London, 22 June 1989, lot 25
Christie's London, 7 February 2001, lot 228
Literature
P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture III, London: The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1996, F.370-373.
P. Verlet, Les bronzes francais du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1987, figs. 302-303.

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Lot Essay

The present pair of wall-lights is related to the set of four from the Salon des Jeux de la Reine at Fontainebleau, now in the Wallace Collection. Of the three pairs of wall-lights originally in the Salon des Jeux, two pairs had previously been used in the Chambre du Roi at Compiegne and were sent to Fontainebleau in 1786.

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