A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PAINTED TLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PAINTED TLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Each in the form of a bust of a classical maiden on a square tapering stem decorated with an urn and fruiting grapevines issuing a pair of foliate-scroll candlearms, on a square base
14in. (35.5cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

This pair of candelabra is based on a design for wall-lights from the workshop of Deharme, now in the Bibliothque Marmottan, Paris, illustrated in N. de Reynies, Le Mobilier Domestique, Paris 1987, vol. II, p. 731, fig. 2712.