A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Early 19th Century
Each with a flaming torch-form backplate issuing scrolled candlearms with channelled drip-pans and terminating in eagles' heads, one stamped with the number 1, drilled for electricity, regilt
16in. (41cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A similar model of wall-lights in the Grand Trianon in the Salon de Musique (or Salon des Officiers) is illustrated in Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon, Paris, 1975, pgs. 89-90. Two other pairs of wall-lights of this model were delivered in 1810 by Thomire-Duterme et Cie. for the Chateau de Fontainbleau.

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