CIRCA 1785, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU CANDELABRA BASE
CIRCA 1785, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND
Incomplete, the three legs with mille-raies panelled shafts joined by a collar and terminating in hoof feet, on a concave-sided triangular plinth with masks between mille-raies panelled bands, on stiff-leaf headed tapering feet, originally with further elements, now lacking; together with two ormolu collars and one Egyptian headdress term branch and detached nozzle
21 ½ in. (55 cm.) high; 12 ¾ in. (32 cm.) wide

Provenance

Probably acquired by Edward 'Beau', Viscount Lascelles (c. 1767-1814) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

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Lot Essay

This base was likely once part of an impressive candelabrum. A pair of candelabra, apparently of the same form as the present lot, are at The Wallace Collection (see P. Hughes, Catalogue of Furniture, The Wallace Collection, Vol. III, pp 1255-1259, no. 248). The Wallace candelabra, have the same base, legs terminating in hoof feet and branches with Egyptian heads as the present lot and additionally feature a central vase of lapis lazuli issuing ormolu flowering stems above a central spiralling snake and three sphinxes. François Rémond delivered a pair of candelabra 'à trédpied portant huit Lumières Et six sphinx' to Dominique Daguerre on 28th December 1783. A related set of three, of slightly different form, with seated goats instead of sphinxes were sold from Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, Sotheby's, 18-20 May 1977, vol. I, lot 65.

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