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拍品專文
These wall-lights can be confidently attributed to the ciseleur-doreur François Rémond. Their characteristic Egyptian-mask terminals to the branches, supporting tasseled cushions, were first introduced by Rémond when working for the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre around 1790. In 1791, Lord Palmerston acquired a pair of candelabra directly from Daguerre which display identical branches, and these remain at Broadlands, Hampshire (H. Roberts, 'Furniture at Broadlands', Country Life, 5 February 1981, p.347, fig.6). Further pairs of candelabra with this Egyptian mark include those in the Huntington Collection, San Marino, California (R. Wark, French Decorative Art in the Huntington Collection, Pasadena, 1979, p.78, fig.99), as well as a similar pair at Fontainebleau bought second-hand in 1804 from the dealer Legendre and placed in the Salon de l'Empereur (J-P. Samoyault, Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau, Catalogue des collections de mobilier, Paris, 1989, Vol.I., p.152, no.129). Another similar pair with blue-enamelled vases are in the Wallace Collection, London (P.Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture III, London, 1996, p. 134-5, No. 247). This model has been identified with the girandole à vase et branche à tête supplied by Rémond to Daguerre in 1785.
A pair of wall-lights of similar design, although of unknown date, displaying ribbon-tied backplates and eagles suspending chains are in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle (illustrated in situ in H. Roberts, For The King's Pleasure The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, London, 2001, fig.254). A further variant of the model is at the Palace of Pavlousk, and is illustrated in Pavlousk, 1976, p.63.
FRANÇOIS RÉMOND
François Rémond (1747-1812) was one of the pre-eminent bronziers of his time, rapidly rising to prominence after his maîtrise to the point that in 1786 he had the fourth highest capitalization out of over 800 bronziers in Paris. He worked as a fondeur and ciseleur, as well as a doreur and thus was able to exercise considerable artistic control over his output. In particular, he worked extensively for Dominique Daguerre, for whom he supplied work valued at the staggering sum of 920,000 livres between 1778 and 1792. Latterly he also worked for Martin-Eloi Lignereux, one of the most important marchands-merciers of the early 19th century (C. Baulez, 'Le Luminaire de la Princesse Kinsky', L'Estampille L'Objet d'Art, May 1991, p. 86 and 92).
The distinctive chain-suspending splayed eagle, with one wing fully unfurled, can also be seen on a pair of ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain candelabra attributed to Rémond and supplied through Daguerre for Carlton House. Subsequently moved to Windsor Castle in 1828, the Pictorial Inventory design is illustrated in H. Roberts, For the King's Pleasure the Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, London, 2001, fig. 236.
A pair of wall-lights of similar design, although of unknown date, displaying ribbon-tied backplates and eagles suspending chains are in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle (illustrated in situ in H. Roberts, For The King's Pleasure The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, London, 2001, fig.254). A further variant of the model is at the Palace of Pavlousk, and is illustrated in Pavlousk, 1976, p.63.
FRANÇOIS RÉMOND
François Rémond (1747-1812) was one of the pre-eminent bronziers of his time, rapidly rising to prominence after his maîtrise to the point that in 1786 he had the fourth highest capitalization out of over 800 bronziers in Paris. He worked as a fondeur and ciseleur, as well as a doreur and thus was able to exercise considerable artistic control over his output. In particular, he worked extensively for Dominique Daguerre, for whom he supplied work valued at the staggering sum of 920,000 livres between 1778 and 1792. Latterly he also worked for Martin-Eloi Lignereux, one of the most important marchands-merciers of the early 19th century (C. Baulez, 'Le Luminaire de la Princesse Kinsky', L'Estampille L'Objet d'Art, May 1991, p. 86 and 92).
The distinctive chain-suspending splayed eagle, with one wing fully unfurled, can also be seen on a pair of ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain candelabra attributed to Rémond and supplied through Daguerre for Carlton House. Subsequently moved to Windsor Castle in 1828, the Pictorial Inventory design is illustrated in H. Roberts, For the King's Pleasure the Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, London, 2001, fig. 236.