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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED METAL FIVE-LIGHT FIGURAL CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED METAL FIVE-LIGHT FIGURAL CANDELABRA

AFTER THE MODEL BY ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED METAL FIVE-LIGHT FIGURAL CANDELABRA
AFTER THE MODEL BY ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Modelled with juvenile figures of Cupid and a little girl hiding his bow against upspringing acanthus issuing a reeded shaft in the form of a torch with flaming finial, issuing five scrolled branches with beaded drip-pans and fluted urn-shaped nozzles, the plinth applied with a relief of playful putti, on a conforming base with beaded collar and overlapping acanthus
38 in. (97 cm.) high (2)
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The marble original of Cupid was exhibited by Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1761) at the Salon of 1757 and the plaster original of the Little girl hiding Cupid's bow, as it was titled, was exhibited at the Salon of 1761. Several models for candelabra were adapted from these originals, and the most similar to the present candelabra are found in The Wallace Collection in London (as illustrated in P. Hughes, The Catalogue of the Wallace Collection, London, 1996, Voll. III, No. 250 (F140-141))