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Lot Essay
With its vase-capped baluster, it relates to engravings of Roman style candlesticks invented by Jean Bérain (d. 1711) following his 1674 appointment as Louis XIV 'dessinateur du Chambre'. The fruitwood candlesticks, richly filigreed in bas relief, are likely to have formed part of a 'pier-set' dressing-service. Such work has been associated with the town of Nancy, and also with the sculptor César Bagard (1620-1707).
A related mirror, executed in Saint-Lucia cherry wood, has been attributed to the Nancy workshop of Foullon (An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, California, 1993, fig. 5, p. 14). A pair of similar candlesticks are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E. H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, London, 1969, p. 366).
A related mirror, executed in Saint-Lucia cherry wood, has been attributed to the Nancy workshop of Foullon (An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, California, 1993, fig. 5, p. 14). A pair of similar candlesticks are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E. H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, London, 1969, p. 366).