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CIRCA 1787, BY LOUIS-GABRIEL FLOIX
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Circa 1787, by Louis-Gabriel Floix
En suite with the previous lot, in two-tone gilding, each with central satyr-mask to the backplate issuing entwined grapevines, tassels, cymbals and Pan's pipes, the panelled block pedestal surmounted by a spirally-fluted classical urn filled with grapevines and flowers and applied with panther's masks, issuing acanthus-scroll reeded arms terminating in eagle's masks with foliate urn-form bobches, drilled for electricity through the center of the backplate
25in. (65cm.) high, 14in. (36cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1787, by Louis-Gabriel Floix
En suite with the previous lot, in two-tone gilding, each with central satyr-mask to the backplate issuing entwined grapevines, tassels, cymbals and Pan's pipes, the panelled block pedestal surmounted by a spirally-fluted classical urn filled with grapevines and flowers and applied with panther's masks, issuing acanthus-scroll reeded arms terminating in eagle's masks with foliate urn-form bobches, drilled for electricity through the center of the backplate
25in. (65cm.) high, 14in. (36cm.) wide (2)