A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS FEUCHÈRE

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS FEUCHÈRE
Each with scrolled foliate branches, with minor differences to casting of pendants
27 1/8 in. (69 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Partridge, London.

Lot Essay

In 1788 Feuchère delivered four wall lights of this form to Marie-Antoinette for her use at Saint-Cloud. An earlier model, dated 1787 and lacking the central winged putti, was delivered by Feuchère to the commissaire général Thierry de Ville d'Avray for his bedroom at the Garde-Meuble.

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