A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS 'A PLATEAU'

ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1795

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS 'A PLATEAU'
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1795
Each with two nozzles cast with Greek frieze, on a rectangular galleried tablet with a pierced palmettes frieze , above an L-shaped twin-branch and cartouche-shaped back plate
9 ¼ in. (23 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This jewel-like pair of wall-lights is closely related to a group of appliques attributed to the celebrated bronzier François Rémond (1747-1812), based on contemporary documentation. The present model is indeed related to model called 'à plateau chinois', delivered to the garde-meuble of Marie-Antoinette by Dominique Daguerre the 22 November 1785. With its stylized pierced palmettes, this pair was executed in an Etruscan manner, characteristic of the end of the reign of Louis XVI and of the Directoire period.

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