ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810
The plain tapering stems on spreading bases with lanceolate leaf borders
11in. (28cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The model conforms in design to a pair by the French bronzier Claude Galle for the Royal appartments at Fontainebleau (J-P.Samoyault Pendules at bronzes d'ameublement entris sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, p.188, fig.173). Claude Galle was one of the pre-eminent bronziers of the Empire period and when his workshop was in full force he is reported to have had over four hundred employees.

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