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Lot Essay
With their asymmetrical backplates and vegetal arms, these distinguished wall lights closely relate to designs by André-Charles Boulle as illustrated in plate 8 of his Nouveaux desseins de meubles et ouvrages de bronze et de marqueterie inventé et gravé par André-Charles Boulle, engraved by Mariette.
Elements of these wall lights can be seen on a pair at the J. Paul Getty Museum as well as a pair at Schloss Nymphenburg, in the Zweites Vorzimmer der Kürfurstin and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 64 (1.9.14). In 1720, 'neuf paires de bras de differentes grandeurs et differentes façons' were ordered from Boulle by various clients and it is possible to speculate that the offered lot as well as the other related wall lights were part of this group.
Elements of these wall lights can be seen on a pair at the J. Paul Getty Museum as well as a pair at Schloss Nymphenburg, in the Zweites Vorzimmer der Kürfurstin and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 64 (1.9.14). In 1720, 'neuf paires de bras de differentes grandeurs et differentes façons' were ordered from Boulle by various clients and it is possible to speculate that the offered lot as well as the other related wall lights were part of this group.