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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire, early 19th Century
Each with fluted shaft terminating in lotus leaf motif with flowerhead-filled collar and issuing the scrolled foliate and palmette embellished branches with flared drip-pans, above a square plinth with lyre and ribbon-tied laurel wreath and stepped base, each stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS' to the base, drilled for electricity, the upper section of the shaft with plugged holes above the branches, probably originally for small rosettes, now mounted as lamps
28¼ in. (71.5 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide (without fittings) (2)
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Lot Essay

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843)

Both Thomire and Denière executed several variants of this model, such as those supplied to the Grand Trianon at Versailles in 1837. The bold restrained ornament of these candelabra, however, relates more closely to their work of circa 1815, and it is possible that they dispatched candelabra from a slightly earlier production (H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. 1, p. 393, figs. 5.17.12 and 5.17.13).

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