ID 791847
Los 17 | A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
Schätzwert
£ 100 000 – 150 000
CIRCA 1785, POSSIBLY BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE
Each rectangular leaftip-moulded backplate depicting a winged putto with one arm raised, surrounded by foliate garlands of flowers including daisies and roses, supporting a cassollette of classical design mounted with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette respectively beneath a closed crown headed by a fleur-de-lys and issuing lily and laurel-branches with three candle nozzles, drilled for electricity
30 1⁄2 in. (77.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) wide
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied circa 1785 for one of the French Royal residences.
The Property of the Estate of Belle Linsky', Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1988, lot 86 (for the wall-light with Marie-Antoinette's portrait).
Swiss Private Collection.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
G. & R. Wannenes, Les Bronzes Ornementaux et les Objets Montés, Milan, 2004, p. 264.
C. Vignon and C. Baulez, Pierre Gouthière, ciseleur-doreur du roi, 2017, cat. 28, fig. 64, p. 124.
Special notice
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| Künstler: | Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813) |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Feuervergoldung |
| Material: | Gold |
| Historische Ära: | Periode von Ludwig XVI. |
| Herkunftsort: | Westeuropa, Frankreich, Europa |
| Kategorie: | Wandleuchten |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Möbel und Lampen |
| Künstler: | Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813) |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Feuervergoldung |
| Material: | Gold |
| Historische Ära: | Periode von Ludwig XVI. |
| Herkunftsort: | Westeuropa, Frankreich, Europa |
| Kategorie: | Wandleuchten |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Möbel und Lampen |
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