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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHT
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The ribbon-tie and foliate backplate centered by an oval medallion mounted with a Medusa’s mask with entwined serpent border above foliate and laurel scrolling sprays issuing the acanthus-wrapped branches terminating in conforming foliate drip-pans and nozzles; the central medallion with a stamped mark: crowned 'M' '191', the back marked ‘N.8’ in minute dots
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high; 19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The ribbon-tie and foliate backplate centered by an oval medallion mounted with a Medusa’s mask with entwined serpent border above foliate and laurel scrolling sprays issuing the acanthus-wrapped branches terminating in conforming foliate drip-pans and nozzles; the central medallion with a stamped mark: crowned 'M' '191', the back marked ‘N.8’ in minute dots
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high; 19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably delivered to one of Louis XVI’s Royal residences by the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne.
Probably acquired in the late 18th century by Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, Prince of Venice, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt (1781-1824), son of Empress Joséphine and adopted son of Emperor Napoléon I, and by descent to his second son,
Maximilian Joseph Eugène Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852), from 1839 husband of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of Russia and son-in-law of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, at Palais Leuchtenberg, Peterhof.
Probably acquired in the late 18th century by Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, Prince of Venice, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt (1781-1824), son of Empress Joséphine and adopted son of Emperor Napoléon I, and by descent to his second son,
Maximilian Joseph Eugène Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852), from 1839 husband of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of Russia and son-in-law of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, at Palais Leuchtenberg, Peterhof.
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