CIRCA 1775-85, IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT ADAM

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TORCHERES
CIRCA 1775-85, IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT ADAM
Each circular top with acanthus-leaf and berry-husk boss on moulded acanthus-scroll tripod supports with an undertier and joined by guilloche-carved concave-sided stretchers, on gilt-lead ball feet, each with ivorine label ‘292’, re-gilt
53 ½ in. (136 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The squared tripod supports with Greek key ornament to the feet are related to the supports of a torchère designed by Robert Adam for the Drawing-room at Osterley Park, Middlesex (J. Bourne and V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, Renaissance to Art Nouveau, London, 1991, p. 101, fig. 319). They are also related to a pair of torchères possibly from the collection of William Randolph Hearst (sold Sotheby's New York, 9 June 1990, lot 199).

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