ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, CIRCA 1715-1720

With their asymmetrical backplates and entwined arms, these distinguished wall lights closely relate to designs by André-Charles Boulle as illustrated in plate 8 of his Nouveaux desseins de meubles et ouvrages de bronze et de marqueterie inventé et gravés par André-Charles Boulle, engraved by Mariette. Elements of these walllights can be seen on a pair at the J. Paul Getty Museum as well as a pair at the Residenz in Munich illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,Munich, 1986, vol. I, pp 61-2. A related pair sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 21 October 1997, lot 14. In 1729, 'neuf paires de bras de differentes grandeurs et differentes façons' were ordered from Boulle by various clients and it is possible to speculate that the offered lot as well as the other related wall lights were part of this group.