ID 1027472
Lot 44 | A PAIR OF DUTCH GILTWOOD TORCHERES
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
AFTER A MODEL BY AGOSTINO CARLINI AND A DESIGN BY PIETER DE SWART, PROBABLY THE HAGUE, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with foliate top supported by a central stem elaborately carved with rocaille motifs, scrolling foliate and floral branches and enriched with a pair of dragons in combat, the pierced base headed by a dragon mask with stylized mane above a circular platform centered by fruits, on tripartite feet carved with C-scrolls and foliate motifs; restorations to the gilding
82 in. (108 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
R. Baarsen, ‘High rococo in Holland: William IV and Agostino Carlini’, The Burlington Magazine (1998), pp. 172-183, figs. 29-30.
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Visites privées, hôtels particuliers de Paris, Paris, 1999, p. 9.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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