Lot Essay
These wall-lights are reputedly the same model as an unpublished pair at the château de Versailles.
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CIRCA 1780
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1780
Each with a fluted tapering backplate headed by a beaded scroll with a panelled plinth and surmounted by a leaf-wrapped finial, issuing fluted branches terminating in circular drip-pans and nozzles, drilled for electricity
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide (2)
CIRCA 1780
Each with a fluted tapering backplate headed by a beaded scroll with a panelled plinth and surmounted by a leaf-wrapped finial, issuing fluted branches terminating in circular drip-pans and nozzles, drilled for electricity
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide (2)
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