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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(Lots 520 - 524)
The following two pairs of wall-lights relate to an engraving by G. Huquier after a design by Gilles-Marie Oppenort (d. 1742) which was published in 1748 (G.-M. Oppenort, Livre de Différentes Décorations d'Apartements..., plate CVIII).
A pair of wall-lights based on the same design and believed to be probably 19th century is at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, vol. II, cat. 216, pp. 790 - 791), while a Louis XV pair was sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 3 May 1986, lot 17.
A PAIR OF REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
19th century
Each with floral formed nozzles and drip-pans and berried-leaf cast arms supported by a male and female term, their draped bodies inter-twined by the arms and leading to floral garlands, drilled for electricity, regilt
21in. (54cm.) high, 11½in. (29cm.) wide (2)
19th century
Each with floral formed nozzles and drip-pans and berried-leaf cast arms supported by a male and female term, their draped bodies inter-twined by the arms and leading to floral garlands, drilled for electricity, regilt
21in. (54cm.) high, 11½in. (29cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Purchased from Matthew Schultz, Ltd., New York, 2 June 1986.