CIRCA 1770
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Circa 1770
Each backplate in the form of ribbon-tied oak leaf branches issuing naturalistically cast arms, now lacking additional element at top, inscribed on back 3528/1/2
12in. (30.5cm.) high, 7in. (19cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1770
Each backplate in the form of ribbon-tied oak leaf branches issuing naturalistically cast arms, now lacking additional element at top, inscribed on back 3528/1/2
12in. (30.5cm.) high, 7in. (19cm.) wide (2)
Sale room notice
Please note the following: A closely related set of four wall-lights in the form of ribbon-tied laurel branches, by Francois Thomas-Germain and dated 1756, formerly in the collection of the Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore, is illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, pp. 349-350, fig. 202. Two of the set bear inventory marks from the chteau de Compine although they do not appear in the 1764 inventory.