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    Sale 6584

    IMPORTANT EUROPEAN FURNITURE,SCULPTURE & TAPESTRIES

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    13 June 2002

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    • A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOU
    Lot 121

    A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

    Price realised

    GBP 9,560

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
    Each with a classically draped female holding a scrolling foliate, fluted and spirally twisted stem, issuing two candle-branches with floral-wrapped nozzles and further acanthus-cast scrolling arms hung and connected with tasseled chains and surmounted by bird's heads and a floral finial, on a circular base mounted with beaded borders and on a square plinth, minor losses and restorations to the ormolu
    31½ in. (80 cm.) high (2)

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