STRUCK WITH 'C' COURONNE POINCONS, AFTER A DESIGN BY GILLES-MARIE OPPENORD, CIRCA 1730

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
STRUCK WITH 'C' COURONNE POINCONS, AFTER A DESIGN BY GILLES-MARIE OPPENORD, CIRCA 1730
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (27 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This model of wall-lights with 'enfant-terms' is directly inspired by a design by Gilles-Marie Oppenordt (1672-1742) and engraved by Hucquier in the Livre de différentes décorations d'appartements par G. M. Oppenordt architecte. A similar pair is now part of the Rothschild collection at Waddeson Manor (illustrated in The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Tome II, Fribourg, 1794, p. 792, no. 217).

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