Lot 12
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1765-1775, PROBABY ITALIAN

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
circa 1765-1775, probaby Italian
Each with a ribbon-tied back-plate cast with scrolling palm leaves, issuing the down-turned floral drip-pans and gadrooned nozzles, lacking one bobèche
18½ in. (47 cm.) high (2)
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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.

Lot Essay

The softness of the chasing and casting of these distinctive wall-lights points to a possible Italian origin. Designs for similar ribbon-tied wall-lights by the celebrated designer Giovanni Battista Piranesi are illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto: Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicilie, Milan, 1984, vol. II, p. 123, fig. 263.

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