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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI CARVED STONE PEDESTALS
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI CARVED STONE PEDESTALS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI CARVED STONE PEDESTALS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The circular moulded top above a cabled fluted column with foliate swags, on a moulded circular base raised on a square plinth, weathered, one with recess to top.
58 in. (147 cm.) high; 31 1/2 in. (80 cm.) square (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Sussex, 25 May 2004, lot 177.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Designed in the goût Grec style first introduced in the mid-1750's by the architect Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, these pedestals reflect the direct influence of the designs of the celebrated architect and ornameniste Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1791), as seen through his publication Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, 1770, vol. I, fig 92

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