Sale 1542
London
|
4 June 2014
Price realised
GBP 16,250
Estimate
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GILT AND SILVERED-METAL AND MOULDED GLASS TWIN-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS ATTRIBUTED TO BAGUES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Each with a central foliate rosette surrounded by leaf-shaped motifs, issuing scrolled branches with foliate drip-pans and nozzles 22 ¾ in. (58cm.) high
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The design of the present lot relates to item number 11170 in the Maison Baguès Catalogue, Paris. A virtually identical pair sold "Au Bord de la Mer Private Collections from St. Tropez" Christie's, London 17 April 2013, lot 22.
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