MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with a winged putti holding aloft a spirally turned shaft issuing roses and a chanelled finial decorated with acanthus and fruits, and flanked by branches decorated with fruiting foliage, on a circular base above a column decorated with a laurel wreath on a square base
46¾ in. (119 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide

Provenance

Alfred Berg, Stockholm, sold Bukowski's, 3/4 March 1922, lot 197.
Consul General Karl Bergsten (d. 1953).
Thence by descent

Exhibited

National Museet, Stockcholm, 9 May 2 June 1941.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The Bergsten Collection of old master pictures, European furniture, sculpture and works of art was formed between circa 1900 and 1950 by Karl Bergsten (1869-1953), known as Consul General Bergsten, who furnished his Stockholm mansion in the manner of an 18th Century Grand Tourist connoisseur. The collection demonstrates the dedication, flair and intelligence with which Karl and Dagmar Bergsten assembled their works of art, and included a magnificent pair of mosaic top tables from Palazzo Borghese and a superb Louis XVI commode by Pierre Garnier, which were sold, Christie's, London, 23 June 1999, lots 50 and 100.

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