A pair of French ormolu-mounted granite eight-branch candelabra

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1880

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A pair of French ormolu-mounted granite eight-branch candelabra
In the Louis XVI Style, After the model attributed to Francois Remond, Circa 1880
Each as a vase cast with a central band of Bacchic putti and mounted with a pair of naked bacchantes, arms linking with a floral wreath, with further wreaths draped across their thighs and resting their cloven feet on a satyr mask, issuing foliage and a central spirally-fluted stem, supporting seven foliate-cast scrolled branches, each terminating with a gadrooned drip-pan and leaf-cast and fluted nozzle, on spreading laurel-cast foot and square base
42 in. (106.8 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Previously thought to have been designed by the matre bronzier, Pierre Gouthire, the model from which the present pair of candelabra derives has more recently been attributed in part to Franois Rmond (d. 1812; matre 1774). A pair of candelabra of this design, dating from 1782-3, may be found in the Wallace Collection, London (see P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection; Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, pp 1236-1240, no. 244 (F132-3). Pairs of candelabra of related design may be found in the Frick Collection, New York, and in the Huntingdon Library, Los Angeles.

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