A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810

Details

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810
The bases stamped MLM 1016, ST.C 327 and canceled numbers 142, 1340 and 688, one drip pan associated
12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high

Provenance

The Château de Malmaison, probably delivered in the Empire period.
The Château de Saint-Cloud, probably moved there in the Restauration period.
The Catroux Collection.
Possibly acquired from Segoura, Paris, 1985.

Lot Essay

An related pair of candlesticks with slightly different bases by Claude Galle was delivered in 1805 to the Château de Fontainebleau, illustrated in J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, p. 201, no. 189.
These present candlesticks were possibly in the collection of famed decorator François Catroux and his wife Betty, muse to Yves Saint Laurent.

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