LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each stem modelled as a vase cast with foliage and flanked by a seated and draped male and female putto respectively, issuing flowering rose branches, on a circular pedestal base
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) wide

Provenance

Collection of baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911).
Thence by descent, until sold
Etude Couturier Nicolay, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 December 1987, lot 122.

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