LATE 19TH 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
LATE 19TH 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE
Of Louis XVI-style, each with flaming tripod athenienne finial above a foliate capital and volute-scrolled tripartite backplate with berried boss, issuing three channelled scrolled branches swagged with oak baguettes and terminating in fluted domed drip-pans and acanthus-wrapped fluted baluster nozzles, fitted for electricity
19¼ in. (49 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Gérard Clavet, Paris, 1999.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

The design of these wall-lights is inspired by Jean-Charles Delafosse's engraving published in his Nouvelle Iconologie, Paris, 1768. Executed in both two and three-branches, 18th Century examples of this model are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, figs. 3.9.6-7.

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