OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Of Louis XV style, late 19th 20th Century
Each with asymmetrically-cast foliate backplate, issuing scrolling foliate branches with a perched parrot, the scrolling foliate drip-pans and nozzles, drilled for electricity
18½ in. (47 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. K-17).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

These wall-lights derive from a Louis XV model designed in the 'picturesque' style relating to the oeuvre of the sculpteur, fondeur et ciseleur du roi Jacques Caffièri (1678-1755). In the inventory drawn up following his death in 1755, no. 43 is described as un autre model double de bras de cheminèe ancien à perroquets à deux branches, an example of which was in the collection of the late Andre Meyer, sold Christie's, New York, 26 October 2001, lot 2 (see A. Gonzáles-Palacios, Il patrimonio del Quirinale: Gli Arredi Francesi, Milan, 1995, no. 52, p. 243 for a detailed discussion of the Louis XV model).

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