A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU FOUR-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1870, IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE

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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU FOUR-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1870, IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE
Each lyre-shaped backplate hung from ribbon-tied drapery with a laurel wreath and female mask, issuing berried laurel branches, fitted for electricity
53 in. (135 cm.) high; 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 October 1999, lot 18.

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Lot Essay

The original model was made by Pierre Gouthière and delivered in 1781 to the Duchesse de Mazarin.
Another copy, made by Henry Dasson, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munchen, 1986, vol. II, p. 425. A set of four, unsigned, was sold Christie's, London, 26 February 1998, lot 150.

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