ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1830

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A SET OF FOUR CHARLES X ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1830
Each with fluted baluster-shaped stem, issuing four scrolling branches, raised on a tripod base with lion monopodia
20½ in. (52 cm.) high (4)

Provenance

Ordered by Baron Per Tamm in Paris in the 1830s;
Thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

A closely related pair of ormolu candelabra by Thomire et Cie. were delivered to the Grand Trianon for the cabinet de travail de la Reine in 1837, and are illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon: Meubles et objets d'art, Paris, 1975, p. 128.
A comparable set of four, with patinated stem, was sold at Christie's New York, 24 November 2009, lot 232 (USD47,500).

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