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Lot Essay
This pair of candelabra decorated Angus McBean's Empire room, 12 Devonshire Terrace, Brighton between 1948-50 and later his studio at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden.
This celebrated 'Egyptian' model enjoyed enduring popularity during the Empire period, as a result of Naopleon's campaigns in Egypt and the subsequent publication of Baron Vivant-Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, 1802. A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, p.338, fig. 5.3.6. A further nearly identical pair is illustrated in 'Egyptomania' Exhibition Catalogue, Paris 1994, p.290, fig 4 and in P. M. Favelac, Aujourd'hui s'installer en Directoire, Empire, Paris p.46.
A closely related pair, with porphyry bases, sold Christie's London, 12 June 1997, lot 75, while another pair lacking their bases, sold Christie's London, 20 May 1993, lot 30.
This celebrated 'Egyptian' model enjoyed enduring popularity during the Empire period, as a result of Naopleon's campaigns in Egypt and the subsequent publication of Baron Vivant-Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, 1802. A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, p.338, fig. 5.3.6. A further nearly identical pair is illustrated in 'Egyptomania' Exhibition Catalogue, Paris 1994, p.290, fig 4 and in P. M. Favelac, Aujourd'hui s'installer en Directoire, Empire, Paris p.46.
A closely related pair, with porphyry bases, sold Christie's London, 12 June 1997, lot 75, while another pair lacking their bases, sold Christie's London, 20 May 1993, lot 30.