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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
Each with fluted backplate surmounted by a gadrooned and spirally-fluted flaming urn finial, with acanthus-wrapped fluted candle branches with drip-pans and nozzles, fitted for electricity, the sides stamped with the Château d'Eu inventory mark of 'EU' below a crown and one with '1558', the other with '1559'
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high (2)
來源
Château d'Eu.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Located in the Bresle valley between Normandy and Picardy, the château d'Eu was reconstructed in 1578 by Henri le Balafré, duc de Guise. In the eighteenth century it was the home of the ducs de Maine and subsequently Orléans. The château was seized during the Revolution and most of its furnishings either sold or destroyed. In 1814 it was restituted to the dowager duchesse d'Orléans, daughter of the duc de Penthièvre, the future Louis-Philippe, who in 1821 started to restore and refurnish the château. It was most probably during this period of refurbishment that this pair of Louis XVI wall lights was introduced to the château.