Conceived in the bold Goût Grec style of the 1770s, these impressive wall-lights combine elements from two designs for wall-lights, which are attributed to Jean-Louis Prieur (c.1725-c.1785). These are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, figs. 3.5.2 and 3.5.3). A closely related pair, with identical fluted backplate, double-scrolling arms and oak-leaf garlands, was sold from the estate of Erna Stiebel, Christie's New York, 26 November 1994, lot 56.

These wall-light have been examined extensively and one can conclude that the same chiseling tool was used on both wall-lights, but with a slightly different degree of finish. They were undoubtedly executed in the same workshop around the same period. The minor differences in casting and chasing could therefore imply that they wall-lights were possibly part of a large set and subsequently executed with a small interval of perhaps a few months.