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United Kingdom
Lot 197 A PAIR OF EMPIRE GILT-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT WALL LIGHTS
Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 - 1843)
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
06.12.1751 - 09.06.1843
France
Pierre-Philippe Thomire a French sculptor, was the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire. His fashionable neoclassical and Empire style furnishing bronzes (bronzes d'ameublement) established the highest standard in refined finish in the craft that the French called that of the fondeur-ciseleur, "founder-finisher".