Lot Essay
The design of these wall-lights is very similar in conception to the three pairs of wall-lights supplied in 1787 for the Grand Cabinet of Queen Marie-Antoinette, also known as the Salon des Jeux de la Reine, at Compiègne. These were made under the direction of Jean Hauré from a model by Martin, cast by Forestier and chased by Thomire. Two pairs, formerly at Fontainebleau have now been returned to Compiègne; the other pair, in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, is illustrated G. de Bellaigue, op. cit., Vol. II, fig. 223