A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT BRAS DE LUMIÈRES

CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT BRAS DE LUMIÈRES
Circa 1810
Each with displayed swan over five scrolling arms terminating in serpent heads over a scrolled foliate base, drilled for electricity, stamped TT, T and 657
14½in. (36cm.) high, 18½in. (47cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

This elaborate model relates closely to a simpler version, without the crowning swan, supplied to the Palace of Fontainebleau in 1810. They were delivered by Thomire-Duterme et Cie. for the 'premier salon des appartements de prince...' (see J.P. Samoyault, Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau: Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, vol.I, p.148).

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