CIRCA 1900

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1900
Each with asymmetrical C-scroll and rocaille backplates issuing scrolling foliate branches with circular foliate drip-pans and vase-shaped nozzles
23¾ in. (60 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39 cm.) wide (2)

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拍品專文

With their pierced branches and trailing foliage, these wall-lights are inspired by those executed by the sculpteur, fondeur et ciseleur du Roi Jacques Caffiéri (1678-1755), probably with the assistance of his son Philippe (1714-74), which were acquired by Madame Infante, Louise-Elisabeth of France, for the Palace at Colorno (illustrated in C. Bremmer-David, Decorative Arts, An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, no. 168, p. 103). A pair of two-branch wall-lights of somewhat similar form, probably also executed by Caffiéri, can be seen in the background of the 1765 portrait of Princess Luisa of Parma by Laurent Pécheux, which is now in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.