CIRCA 1810

細節

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
Circa 1810
Each backplate cast with a scantily clad putto bearing foliate cast C-shaped branches fitted with engine-turned bobèches ending in a scrolling foliate cast bracket, headed by twin lion's masks, previously electrified
11¼in. (28.5cm.)high (2)

來源

The late Mrs. Robert Sterling Clark, sold Parke-Burnet Galleries, New York, 23-24 September 1960, lot 76
Property forn the Estate of Beatrice Lagrave Maltby, sold Christie's New York, 26 April 1994, lot 295, ($14,950 the set of four)

拍品專文

Two pairs of similar wall-lights with similar backplates were delivered by Antoine-André Ravrio for the petit salon at the Petit Trianon in 1805 (see J.-P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Prèmire Empire, 1989, p.139, no.111).