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Lot Essay
These impressive candelabra with winged figures of Victory derive from a design for similar candelabra by the architect Charles Percier as part of a commission to furnish Empress Josephine's bedroom at the chateau de St. Cloud, which is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich,w 1986, vol. I, p. 328, fig. 5.2.1.
The design frequently associated with Thomire was also executed by Claude Galle. Two such candelabra by Galle are illutrated in Op. cit. vol. I, p. 335, fig. 5.2.18 and vol. II, p. 705 fig 21.
Both of these candelabra are of the same design as the present lot up to the stiff-leaf cast dome that the figure of Victory stands on. The first pair, illustrated in vol II. were supplied to the Boudoir in the Petit Trianon in 1809. The second pair, Illustrated in vol. I were supplied to the Grand Trianon also in 1809.
The design frequently associated with Thomire was also executed by Claude Galle. Two such candelabra by Galle are illutrated in Op. cit. vol. I, p. 335, fig. 5.2.18 and vol. II, p. 705 fig 21.
Both of these candelabra are of the same design as the present lot up to the stiff-leaf cast dome that the figure of Victory stands on. The first pair, illustrated in vol II. were supplied to the Boudoir in the Petit Trianon in 1809. The second pair, Illustrated in vol. I were supplied to the Grand Trianon also in 1809.