A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU WALL LIGHTS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU WALL LIGHTS

CIRCA 1785

Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU WALL LIGHTS
Circa 1785
Each backplate cast in the form of an urn issuing an arrow flanked by laurel garlands, the arched foliate candlearm terminating in a square drip-pan with a pierced interlacing foliate edge, the corners hung with pendant beads, above a foliate and grapevine-cast pendant
11in. (28cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Probably the pair sold Paris, May 17, 1886, lot 391 (bought by Sichel for 1,220 francs.)