Lot Essay
The model of these wall-lights by Louis-Gabriel Feloix is almost identical to a set in the Wallace Collection (see P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, London, 1996, vol. 3, p. 1422, no. 299, F374-7). Two pairs of identical form by Feloix sold in The Alexander Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lots 168 and 169.