A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI CHENETS

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI CHENETS
Late 18th early 19th Century
Each with two fluted shafts on a stepped and pearled base surmounted by a foliate scrolling band, one surmounted by three goat's hoof supports surmounted by a laurel-hung flaming urn, the other surmounted by a waisted fluted neck and pine-cone finial, joined by a pierced foliate scrolling band and flowerhead-filled guilloche band, with cast-iron supports
16 in. (41 cm.) high; 16 in. (40 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

This pair of chenets is very similar to one, albeit with variations to the lower section, supplied to the château de Fontainebleau in 1804, where they are listed in the salon of cardinal Fesch as 1 paire de forts chenets à fûts de colonnes, cassolette et pommes de pin en cuivre ciselé doré in 1804 (J.-P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, p. 214, fig. 199).

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