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Lot Essay
Claude Galle, of the rue du Faubourg Saint-Germain, was elected maître in 1786.
This celebrated 'Egyptian' model enjoyed enduring popularity during the Empire period, as a result of Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt and the subsequent publication of Baron Vivant-Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, 1802. A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, p.338, fig.5.3.6. A further nearly identical pair is illustrated in 'Egyptomania', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 1994, p. 290, fig. 4 and in P.-M. Favelac, Aujourd'hui s'installer en Directoire, Empire Paris, n.d. p. 46.
A closely related pair, with porphyry bases, was sold anonymously Christie's London, 12 June 1997, lot 75 (£11,500 inc. premium), while another pair, lacking their bases, was sold anonymously at Christie's London, 20 May 1993, lot 30.
This celebrated 'Egyptian' model enjoyed enduring popularity during the Empire period, as a result of Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt and the subsequent publication of Baron Vivant-Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, 1802. A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, p.338, fig.5.3.6. A further nearly identical pair is illustrated in 'Egyptomania', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 1994, p. 290, fig. 4 and in P.-M. Favelac, Aujourd'hui s'installer en Directoire, Empire Paris, n.d. p. 46.
A closely related pair, with porphyry bases, was sold anonymously Christie's London, 12 June 1997, lot 75 (£11,500 inc. premium), while another pair, lacking their bases, was sold anonymously at Christie's London, 20 May 1993, lot 30.