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Paul-Henri Ledentu (1874-1951), was a fondeur who specialised in limited editions of bronzes by sculptors such as Carpeaux and Carrier-Belleuse
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS by Ledentu Fréres, each with fluted tapering backplate cast with chandelles and surmounted by a laurel-swagged reeded and stiff-leaf flaming urn-finial, the central ram's-head issuing three acanthus-cast laurel-swagged C-scroll branches with stiff-leaf and beaded dished drip-pans and foliate-cast urn-shaped nozzles, above a foliate-cast boss, stamped six times LEDENTU FRES. PARIS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS by Ledentu Fréres, each with fluted tapering backplate cast with chandelles and surmounted by a laurel-swagged reeded and stiff-leaf flaming urn-finial, the central ram's-head issuing three acanthus-cast laurel-swagged C-scroll branches with stiff-leaf and beaded dished drip-pans and foliate-cast urn-shaped nozzles, above a foliate-cast boss, stamped six times LEDENTU FRES. PARIS
21½in. (54.5cm.) high (2)
21½in. (54.5cm.) high (2)