PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY AND REGILDED

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH BRASS CHENETS
PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY AND REGILDED
Each with bifurcated finial above a pierced baluster frieze with drapery swagged apron, on foliate tapering feet, with curved return and further finial before the cast-iron arm
8 in. (20 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) deep (4)

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Similar feu were supplied by the bronzier Feuchère in 1805 for the Salle à Manger at the Trianon. Described as un feu à oeufs à balustres et à gaines avec fortes garnitures complette 260, they are now at Fontainebleau and are illustrated in J. P Samoyault, Pendules et Bronzes d'Ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, no. 203.

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