ID 479286
Lot 246 | A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
AFTER THE MODEL BY LOUIS-GABRIEL FELOIX, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with a backplate cast as a flower-filled classical vessel cast with lions' masks issuing three scrolling foliate cast candle branches headed by eagles' masks and fitted with gadrooned bobêche and foliate drip pans above a sailor's mask suspending musical trophies entwined with vine leaves and grape clusters, drilled for electricity
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) wide
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires |
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |






