BY CLAUDE GALLE OR PIERRE-FRANÇOIS FEUCHÈRE

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY CLAUDE GALLE OR PIERRE-FRANçOIS FEUCHèRE
EACH WITH A CLASSICAL MAIDEN HOLDING A FOUR-LIGHT ACANTHUS AND ANTHEMION TORCH ALOFT IN ONE HAND AND A SINGLE CONFORMING TORCH IN THE OTHER, ON A CIRCULAR BASE DECORATED WITH A MAIDEN PROCESSION, ABOVE WINGED RECUMBANT LIONS AND A CONCAVE-SIDED TRIPARTITE PLINTH, TWO REPAIRED BREAKS TO BRANCHES
43 IN. (109 CM.) HIGH (2)

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Lot Essay

TWO PAIRS OF CANDELABRA OF THIS MODEL, BUT WITH EIGHT BRANCHES, WERE SUPPLIED BY CLAUDE GALLE (D. 1815) IN 1807 FOR THE SALON D'IMPERATRICE, CHâTEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU. IN THE 1808 INVENTORY THEY ARE DESCRIBED AS 'DEUX PAIRES à FIGURES BRONZéES SUR COLONNE ET SOCLE TRIANGULAIRE PORTANT 8 LUMIèRES à 2000, 4000' (J.-P. SAMOYAULT, PENDULES ET BRONZES D'AMEUBLEMENT ENTRéS SOUS LE PREMIER EMPIRE, PARIS, 1989, P. 157, FIG. 134). A FURTHER PAIR WAS DELIVERED BY PIERRE-FRANçOIS FEUCHèRE TO THE CHâTEAU DE COMPIèGNE IN 1810, FOR WHICH HE WAS PAID 3800FF (H. OTTOMEYER, P. PRöSCHEL, VERGOLDETE BRONZEN, MUNICH, 1986, VOL. I, P. 334, FIG 5.2.16).

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