ID 1027763
Lot 368 | A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE TEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
In the Louis XVI style, each with central stem above two tiers of acanthus-sheathed spirally-fluted and scrolled branches, with leaf-cast drip-pans and nozzles, supported on triple rams' monopodiae, hung with 'embroidered' tasseled penants and floral swags at the top and enclosing a triple-handled amphora with central band cast with cloudborne putti, on triform base and spreading feet enclosing floral-garlanded recessed Apollo masks, on triform plinth with guilloche edge
41 in. (104 cm.) high
Provenance
Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Salon Louis XVI, in the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne.
By descent to the present owners.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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