A PAIR OF REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
20TH CENTURY
Each backplate cast in the form of scrolling foliage issuing a pair of assymmetric scrolled foliate-cast candlearms terminating in foliate drip-pans and bobeches, drilled for electricity
16½ in. (42 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The asymmetrical spiralling form of these wall-lights' backplates derives from designs for similar wall-lights in André-Charles Boulle's 'Nouveaux Desseins de meubles et ouvrages de bronze'.

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