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    Champ Soleil: Furniture and Decorative Arts from the

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    25 November 2003

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    • A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOL
    Lot 9

    A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

    19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE DESIGN BY JUSTE-AURÈLE MEISSONNIER

    Price realised

    USD 5,019

    Estimate

    USD 2,500 - USD 3,500

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    A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
    19th Century, after the design by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
    Cast as two putti encircling the rocaille stem, on a similar rocaille base
    10½in. (26.5cm.) high (2)

    Provenance

    Acquired from Dalva Brothers, New York.

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    Lot Essay

    These candlesticks are based on a design by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, first published in Paris in 1750, folio 8 (reprinted in D. Nyberg, Meissonnier: An Eighteenth-Century Maverick, New York, 1969).

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