BY LEROLLE FRERES, CIRCA 1850

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU FIFTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY LEROLLE FRERES, CIRCA 1850
With scrolling foliate arms, on a spreading base, the ebonised plinths added circa 1910, adapted and later fitted for electricity
54 in. (137 cm.) high overall (4)

Provenance

Acquired by Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) from Lerolle Frères, rue de la Chaussée des Minimes no.1, Paris, 20 June 1850 and thence by descent.

Literature

Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. II, circa 1937 and later:
'Two stood on the BallRoom Pier Tables, and three on Stuart's gilt-wood stands in the Rubens Room.
"Lerolle frères, Rue de la Chausée des Minimes, no. 1.
"Paris, le 20 juin 1850, vendu à Lord Spencer.
"3 Torchères pour angles de salon en bronze verni or moulu au prix £25 la pièce......£75."'
S. Weber Soros (ed.), James "Athenian" Stuart: The Rediscovery of Antiquity, New Haven and London, 2006, pp. 430-1, figs. 10-23 and 10-24, and p. 443, fig. 10-47

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Lot Essay

According to the 'Curator' 7th earl Spencer's notes, initally three candelabra were ordered from Lerolle in Paris in 1850 for the staircase at Spencer House, where they stood on Stuart's giltwood pedestals. Very shortly after another pair was ordered - although the bill does not survive - for the pier tables in the Great Ball Room. When the 7th Earl gave up Spencer House in 1926 the whole set was transported to Althorp, where four were installed on the newel posts of the Great Staircase in the Saloon. The four here are two from the initial bill and two from the second order.

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